The Digital Orientalist
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Dedicated to discovering and sharing insights on digital humanities in an inclusive environment! Join us・انضم إلينا・参加しませんか・bize katıl・kasance tare damu. 🗃️ 🌐
Dedicated to discovering and sharing insights on digital humanities in an inclusive environment! Join us・انضم إلينا・参加しませんか・bize katıl・kasance tare damu. 🗃️ 🌐
Here is Part 1 of “Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen's and Bai Juyi's Poetry: A #Computational #Analysis Across Time and Space” by Ziyi Qin (Beijing Foreign Studies University) based on the paper of the same title presented at The DO’s Virtual Conference 2025.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here is Part 1 of “Comparing Sentiments in Yuan Zhen's and Bai Juyi's Poetry: A #Computational #Analysis Across Time and Space” by Ziyi Qin (Beijing Foreign Studies University) based on the paper of the same title presented at The DO’s Virtual Conference 2025.
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Teaching #DH in English often ignores #linguistic diversity. What happens when students use #Bengali texts with DH tools? Sunayani Bhattacharya shares thoughts from a course that directly confronted the Anglophone bias of #digitalcuration and #textanalysis.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Teaching #DH in English often ignores #linguistic diversity. What happens when students use #Bengali texts with DH tools? Sunayani Bhattacharya shares thoughts from a course that directly confronted the Anglophone bias of #digitalcuration and #textanalysis.
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Today we are thrilled to introduce an article based on Elaine Lai’s (@Stanford) keynote paper at the The Digital Orientalist’s Conference 2025, "AI and the Digital Humanities for the Study of Asia, Africa, and Oceania."
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#newpost #AIresearch #humanities&AI
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#newpost #AIresearch #humanities&AI
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today we are thrilled to introduce an article based on Elaine Lai’s (@Stanford) keynote paper at the The Digital Orientalist’s Conference 2025, "AI and the Digital Humanities for the Study of Asia, Africa, and Oceania."
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#newpost #AIresearch #humanities&AI
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#newpost #AIresearch #humanities&AI
The digitized version of the database is available here, lexicon-magnum-latino-sinicum.herokuapp.com/lemmas/a038-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The digitized version of the database is available here, lexicon-magnum-latino-sinicum.herokuapp.com/lemmas/a038-...
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
In today's new post, James Morris introduces chorded input and its application to typing Japanese.
Corded input is new user friendly, too!
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#japaneselanguage #tools #dhinpractice #newpost
Corded input is new user friendly, too!
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#japaneselanguage #tools #dhinpractice #newpost
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In today's new post, James Morris introduces chorded input and its application to typing Japanese.
Corded input is new user friendly, too!
Link in bio
#japaneselanguage #tools #dhinpractice #newpost
Corded input is new user friendly, too!
Link in bio
#japaneselanguage #tools #dhinpractice #newpost
We are thrilled to share the first of our #proceedings from our conference on “AI and the Digital Humanities” held earlier this year.
Enes Yılandiloğlu’s “Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient” explores digital #cartography, deep #mapping, and #NER.
🔗 tinyurl.com/DOConf1
Enes Yılandiloğlu’s “Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient” explores digital #cartography, deep #mapping, and #NER.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We are thrilled to share the first of our #proceedings from our conference on “AI and the Digital Humanities” held earlier this year.
Enes Yılandiloğlu’s “Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient” explores digital #cartography, deep #mapping, and #NER.
🔗 tinyurl.com/DOConf1
Enes Yılandiloğlu’s “Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient” explores digital #cartography, deep #mapping, and #NER.
🔗 tinyurl.com/DOConf1
📢 Part 2 of Ishembieva Aizat’s series on the #Olufsen Collection is out now! It reflects on Esther Fihl’s re-examination of the collection, which bridges the gap between #archival data and #anthropological understanding.
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#centralasianstudies #GLAM
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#centralasianstudies #GLAM
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📢 Part 2 of Ishembieva Aizat’s series on the #Olufsen Collection is out now! It reflects on Esther Fihl’s re-examination of the collection, which bridges the gap between #archival data and #anthropological understanding.
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#centralasianstudies #GLAM
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#centralasianstudies #GLAM
In our latest post, James H. Morris introduces English-language resources that he uses when #teaching about #Shinto. Many are well-known, but Morris also comments on how they can be practically included within the #classroom and in assignments.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In our latest post, James H. Morris introduces English-language resources that he uses when #teaching about #Shinto. Many are well-known, but Morris also comments on how they can be practically included within the #classroom and in assignments.
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Our November newsletter is out now! Catch up on our recent posts, other publications from our contributors, announcements, and more:
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November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our November newsletter is out now! Catch up on our recent posts, other publications from our contributors, announcements, and more:
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@madpoli.bsky.social introduces Home In Mists – Oversea Edition 白雲深處人家海外站, a website hosting digitised #Daoist texts alongside a range of resources useful to anyone working in the field of premodern textual studies within #Sinology.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@madpoli.bsky.social introduces Home In Mists – Oversea Edition 白雲深處人家海外站, a website hosting digitised #Daoist texts alongside a range of resources useful to anyone working in the field of premodern textual studies within #Sinology.
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The first Editor's Digest of the 25/26 year is out now! 📚
Editor for Northeast Asian Studies, James Harry Morris, introduces some of the contributions he has particularly enjoyed over the past year.
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#koreanstudies #japanesestudies #digitalhumanities
Editor for Northeast Asian Studies, James Harry Morris, introduces some of the contributions he has particularly enjoyed over the past year.
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#koreanstudies #japanesestudies #digitalhumanities
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The first Editor's Digest of the 25/26 year is out now! 📚
Editor for Northeast Asian Studies, James Harry Morris, introduces some of the contributions he has particularly enjoyed over the past year.
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/31/e...
#koreanstudies #japanesestudies #digitalhumanities
Editor for Northeast Asian Studies, James Harry Morris, introduces some of the contributions he has particularly enjoyed over the past year.
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#koreanstudies #japanesestudies #digitalhumanities
🔍 Saniya Irfan examines the infrastructural biases of #NLP tools for South Asian languages, using her work with #Urdu poetry to show how computational methods reproduce colonial hierarchies in knowledge production.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🔍 Saniya Irfan examines the infrastructural biases of #NLP tools for South Asian languages, using her work with #Urdu poetry to show how computational methods reproduce colonial hierarchies in knowledge production.
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📢 We're seeking #volunteers to join our social media team!
Help shape and expand our online presence and connect with our community.
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Help shape and expand our online presence and connect with our community.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
📢 We're seeking #volunteers to join our social media team!
Help shape and expand our online presence and connect with our community.
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Help shape and expand our online presence and connect with our community.
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In this overview, Editor in Chief Rachael Griffiths highlights #digital tools and resources for Central and South Asian Studies reviewed by The DO members in past contributions ✨
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October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In this overview, Editor in Chief Rachael Griffiths highlights #digital tools and resources for Central and South Asian Studies reviewed by The DO members in past contributions ✨
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This week James Harry Morris explores the Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and #Humanities in #Japan highlighting it as a source for those engaged in #Japanese studies to discover resources and projects that they may have previously missed 👇
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October 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week James Harry Morris explores the Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and #Humanities in #Japan highlighting it as a source for those engaged in #Japanese studies to discover resources and projects that they may have previously missed 👇
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Now, onto the post!
"The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection" A #guestpiece by Ishembieva Aizat, where she introduces the online #Olufsen Collection from
@nationalmuseet.dk
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"The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection" A #guestpiece by Ishembieva Aizat, where she introduces the online #Olufsen Collection from
@nationalmuseet.dk
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October 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Now, onto the post!
"The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection" A #guestpiece by Ishembieva Aizat, where she introduces the online #Olufsen Collection from
@nationalmuseet.dk
Link in bio
"The Olufsen Collection: From 19th-Century Expeditions to Digital Museum Collection" A #guestpiece by Ishembieva Aizat, where she introduces the online #Olufsen Collection from
@nationalmuseet.dk
Link in bio
#OTD 2 yrs ago
"A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room" by Zach Butler our contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies!
Introducing the New Testament #Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) for researching and transcribing Manuscripts of the #Greek New #Testament
"A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room" by Zach Butler our contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies!
Introducing the New Testament #Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) for researching and transcribing Manuscripts of the #Greek New #Testament
October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#OTD 2 yrs ago
"A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room" by Zach Butler our contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies!
Introducing the New Testament #Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) for researching and transcribing Manuscripts of the #Greek New #Testament
"A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room" by Zach Butler our contributor for Persian, Turkic, and Biblical Studies!
Introducing the New Testament #Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) for researching and transcribing Manuscripts of the #Greek New #Testament
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"How to build an archive" is the #DO's very first post. What started as a single person's blog about their use of #DH tools, is now an open-access magazine that covers developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields.
It's been quite the journey!
It's been quite the journey!
October 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The DO is the only open-access magazine that covers developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. It is run by a team of dedicated scholars, librarians, and students, who bring you useful tips and new studies.
Send us your work!
Send us your work!
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The DO is the only open-access magazine that covers developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. It is run by a team of dedicated scholars, librarians, and students, who bring you useful tips and new studies.
Send us your work!
Send us your work!
#newpost! @madpoli.bsky.social introduces the Dunhuang Culture Database, an online repository of books, scans, images, and videos that can complement the well-known International Dunhuang Project.
A handy resource to access to this wealth of material.
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#敦煌文化 #敦煌文獻 #DHtools
A handy resource to access to this wealth of material.
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#敦煌文化 #敦煌文獻 #DHtools
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#newpost! @madpoli.bsky.social introduces the Dunhuang Culture Database, an online repository of books, scans, images, and videos that can complement the well-known International Dunhuang Project.
A handy resource to access to this wealth of material.
Link in bio
#敦煌文化 #敦煌文獻 #DHtools
A handy resource to access to this wealth of material.
Link in bio
#敦煌文化 #敦煌文獻 #DHtools
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.
This week, Emma Donington explores the #digital storytelling facilitated by #digitizing the Royal Botanic #Gardens’ collections. The article examines digitised Japanese specimens and showcases Kew’s database platforms, digitisation techniques, and digital collections now public!
#newpost #DHaccess
#newpost #DHaccess
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This week, Emma Donington explores the #digital storytelling facilitated by #digitizing the Royal Botanic #Gardens’ collections. The article examines digitised Japanese specimens and showcases Kew’s database platforms, digitisation techniques, and digital collections now public!
#newpost #DHaccess
#newpost #DHaccess
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