Javier Cha
@javiercha.bsky.social
Canadian in Hong Kong.
Work: digital historian @ HKU.
Research: medieval Korea, Neo-Confucianism, historical networks, data centres, infrastructure studies, and historical applications of AI.
Team: Big Data Studies Lab https://bigdatastudies.net/
Work: digital historian @ HKU.
Research: medieval Korea, Neo-Confucianism, historical networks, data centres, infrastructure studies, and historical applications of AI.
Team: Big Data Studies Lab https://bigdatastudies.net/
Look what just arrived in my mailbox!
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Look what just arrived in my mailbox!
Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and I are drinking the coolest bottle of coffee ever made! #HKADH2026 #CUHK
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and I are drinking the coolest bottle of coffee ever made! #HKADH2026 #CUHK
At long last! Thank you for everything, @alanyliu.bsky.social. Eternally indebted.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
At long last! Thank you for everything, @alanyliu.bsky.social. Eternally indebted.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608...
Is anybody interested in alpha testing Nabi X? You can: (1) upload your own documents and interact with them; or (2) you can have conversations with existing digital humanities and premodern Korean history materials. Let me know via a reply or PM.
More on Nabi X: bigdatastudies.net/nabi-x/
More on Nabi X: bigdatastudies.net/nabi-x/
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Is anybody interested in alpha testing Nabi X? You can: (1) upload your own documents and interact with them; or (2) you can have conversations with existing digital humanities and premodern Korean history materials. Let me know via a reply or PM.
More on Nabi X: bigdatastudies.net/nabi-x/
More on Nabi X: bigdatastudies.net/nabi-x/
I'm relieved that I have a decent understanding of Rosenzweig, but I admit that Nabi X is good at helping me catch some of my blind spots.
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm relieved that I have a decent understanding of Rosenzweig, but I admit that Nabi X is good at helping me catch some of my blind spots.
TFW a kernel of an idea from 18 months ago becomes reality. I'm so thankful to the magicians in my team.
We have begun to roll out Nabi X in my two courses this semester!
We have begun to roll out Nabi X in my two courses this semester!
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
TFW a kernel of an idea from 18 months ago becomes reality. I'm so thankful to the magicians in my team.
We have begun to roll out Nabi X in my two courses this semester!
We have begun to roll out Nabi X in my two courses this semester!
Despite a few errors here and there, this ChatGPT 5 translation is quite readable. Wow, I can assign Yi Taejin's classic article of land reclamation in the 16th century to undergrad students.
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Despite a few errors here and there, this ChatGPT 5 translation is quite readable. Wow, I can assign Yi Taejin's classic article of land reclamation in the 16th century to undergrad students.
Is this potentially a game changer? This semester, I'm assigning readings in both English and Korean and teaching students how to read primary sources in classical Chinese via AI translators (with caveats).
GPT-5's English translation of Lee Ikjoo's study of the Chosŏn founding is quite decent:
GPT-5's English translation of Lee Ikjoo's study of the Chosŏn founding is quite decent:
August 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Is this potentially a game changer? This semester, I'm assigning readings in both English and Korean and teaching students how to read primary sources in classical Chinese via AI translators (with caveats).
GPT-5's English translation of Lee Ikjoo's study of the Chosŏn founding is quite decent:
GPT-5's English translation of Lee Ikjoo's study of the Chosŏn founding is quite decent:
I have two events coming up at Leuven, after @jing-hu.bsky.social's highly anticipated PhD defense.
Monday, 1 September: a workshop with Jing on how I processed the Andong Kwŏn Genealogy of 1476 so that it can be "digitally (re)read" via Neo4j queries.
GitHub page: github.com/javiercha/an...
Monday, 1 September: a workshop with Jing on how I processed the Andong Kwŏn Genealogy of 1476 so that it can be "digitally (re)read" via Neo4j queries.
GitHub page: github.com/javiercha/an...
August 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have two events coming up at Leuven, after @jing-hu.bsky.social's highly anticipated PhD defense.
Monday, 1 September: a workshop with Jing on how I processed the Andong Kwŏn Genealogy of 1476 so that it can be "digitally (re)read" via Neo4j queries.
GitHub page: github.com/javiercha/an...
Monday, 1 September: a workshop with Jing on how I processed the Andong Kwŏn Genealogy of 1476 so that it can be "digitally (re)read" via Neo4j queries.
GitHub page: github.com/javiercha/an...
My job is safe. For now.
August 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My job is safe. For now.
And we caught a glimpse of the lads as they checked into their hotel. Here's Gyökeres. 🫱🏻😶🫲🏻
Dude is a monster. Pure muscle and determination. I can't wait for this season to start.
Dude is a monster. Pure muscle and determination. I can't wait for this season to start.
July 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And we caught a glimpse of the lads as they checked into their hotel. Here's Gyökeres. 🫱🏻😶🫲🏻
Dude is a monster. Pure muscle and determination. I can't wait for this season to start.
Dude is a monster. Pure muscle and determination. I can't wait for this season to start.
Palestinian/Lebanese
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Palestinian/Lebanese
Argentinian, aka childhood memories
July 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Argentinian, aka childhood memories
Sichuanese run by a northern Chinese family (hence my order)
July 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sichuanese run by a northern Chinese family (hence my order)
CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
July 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper @andrewpiper.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 31 August.
2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/
#HKADH
I've figured out how to extract all 67 relinking loops (pending final verification, so this number might change slightly) from the Andong Kwŏn genealogy. Here's loop #3.
When I was working on my dissertation, I could only dream that this kind of exploration might one day be possible.
When I was working on my dissertation, I could only dream that this kind of exploration might one day be possible.
June 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I've figured out how to extract all 67 relinking loops (pending final verification, so this number might change slightly) from the Andong Kwŏn genealogy. Here's loop #3.
When I was working on my dissertation, I could only dream that this kind of exploration might one day be possible.
When I was working on my dissertation, I could only dream that this kind of exploration might one day be possible.
Evidential learning and LLMs: Mingru xue'an will be converted into a knowledge base for AI-augmented East Asian intellectual history.
I added those bookmarks twenty years ago. Even though I was still quite the techie back then, little did I know what would be eventually possible in the 2020s.
I added those bookmarks twenty years ago. Even though I was still quite the techie back then, little did I know what would be eventually possible in the 2020s.
June 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Evidential learning and LLMs: Mingru xue'an will be converted into a knowledge base for AI-augmented East Asian intellectual history.
I added those bookmarks twenty years ago. Even though I was still quite the techie back then, little did I know what would be eventually possible in the 2020s.
I added those bookmarks twenty years ago. Even though I was still quite the techie back then, little did I know what would be eventually possible in the 2020s.