For #TBT this week, we’re revisiting Alice Casalini’s @alicecasalini.bsky.social Jan 2024 post. In this post, Alice discusses her experiment using Canva and Leonardo.Ai to reconstruct a Gandhāran stūpa and the ethical challenges of applying AI in DH research. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/09/a...

In today’s post, Tiziana Pasciuto discusses how the Semantic Web and its ontologies can be used to challenge and subvert established Orientalist taxonomies and cultural narratives. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/30/f... #DHingeneral #cataloguing #GLAM #manuscripts

📣 Join the European Summer University in Digital Humanities in Besançon, France, from 6–18 July 2026. Two inspiring weeks of workshops, hands-on learning, and exchange with the international #DigitalHumanities community. Call for participants opening in late Feb 2026! #DH #DigitalHumanities #ESU

Can #AI help deepen student engagement with #History? Maciej Kurzynski and Du Chunmei explore this question through HistFig; a custom-built AI system that generates interactive dialogues with key figures from #Chinese history. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/26/v...

For #TBT, we’re revisiting “Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts” by Zach Butler. Zach demonstrates how to use simple Python code and Jupyter Notebooks to analyze New Testament Greek manuscripts stored in XML-TEI format. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/01/12/u...

#TBT #OTD in 2021 "Missionary Linguistics - Latin, Portuguese and Japanese resources online" by Michele Eduarda Brasil de Sá, who back then covered #DH projects for #Japanese immigration to #Brazil and Japanese and nikkei literature Check it out 👇

Lu Wang started writing for the #DO in 2022, on various topics and databases useful to anyone engaging with #Chineselangauge and #Chinesetexts. here all her pieces 👇 digitalorientalist.com/author/luwan...

In our latest blog post, Lu Wang (Western University) introduces the database "China’s Historical Products" (中華歷代物產數據庫), featuring a full-text serachable collection of "Products in Local Chronicles" (方志物產). 🔗Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/23/p... 🔗 中華歷代物產數據庫: wuchan.ancientbooks.cn

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

#TBT #OTD 2023 "Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction", a blog post by the very founder of the #DO, Cornelis van Lit! Introducing an edited volume on #DH, whose contributors also wrote for the #DO over the years! chcek it out 👇 digitalorientalist.com/2023/12/22/d...

In out latest blogpost "AI Bias-Cancelling for the Interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text," Hong-Yu Hsien (Independent Scholar) introduces the "Bias-Cancelling" method: using AI to reduce a reader's subjective bias, paving the way for a deeper understanding of historical texts. link below⬇️

As always, a reminder that the #DO accepts #guestsubmissions all year round! Send us your work, we want to publish it!

This post is another #guestpost by a presenter to our 2025 #DO conference. You can watch the presentations on our #YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...

#Newpost Hong-Yu Hsien explores “AI Bias-cancelling for the interpretation of a Late Qing Dynasty Text.” How to use #AI for textual research? Here a case study with late imperial Chinese documents Link in bio #AI #AIinpractice #DHinpractice #Chineselanguage

For this week's #TBT Throwback Thursday, we’re revisiting "The Biblical Hebrew Reader Generator" by Jonathan Robker (Universität Münster). In this post, Jonathan introduces a powerful tool that allows you to create a list of Hebrew verses with an automatically generated glossary. (link below)⬇️

The DO aims to bring to a wide audience developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. It is currently the only platform that does so, as open-access resource. Write for us! We accept submissions all year round #guestpost #submissions

Why are older generations embracing Hallyu? Our latest piece by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (University of North Texas) explores how pop culture is rewriting the narrative of aging through the lens of Digital Humanities. Read more: digitalorientalist.com/2025/12/16/d... #DH #Kpop #Hallyu

📢 The #CHR2025 proceedings are out! 97 papers, ~1600 pages of computational humanities 🔥 Now published via the new Anthology of Computers and the Humanities, with DOIs for every paper. 🔗 anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0... And don’t forget: registration closes tomorrow (20 Nov)!

私が大会委員長を務めました、令和7年5月開催の『The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social 』誌主催国際会議のプロシーデイングスWeb公開が進んでいます。今回は、スイスチューリッヒ大学ポスドク研究員のステファニー・サンチ @stesantschi.bsky.social 先生と米国カリフォルニア大学サンタクルーズ校講師のドリュー・リチャードソン @dkrichardson.bsky.social 先生による、市民科学浮世絵マッピングプラットフォームに関する共著論文です。閲覧無料ですので是非ご覧ください!

The DO is the only open-access magazine covering developments and topics in the #DH fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern. It is run by a team of dedicated scholars, librarians, and students, who bring you useful tips and new studies. Support us. Write for us.

Dr. Drew Richardson is at the Department of History and Cowell College at the University of California Santa Cruz campusdirectory.ucsc.edu/cd_detail?ui...

You can also #listen to this topic by watching the recording of their presentation during our conference All videos here 👉 www.youtube.com/@thedigitalo...

This is a #guespost! And you reminder that the #DO accepts submissions on an ongoing basis, all info here digitalorientalist.com/submit-your-...

Another post that follows our #DO2025 #Conference on a #AI and #DH Stephanie Santschi and Drew Richardson introduce The Drawing from the Crowd Platform exploring how #AI and human intelligence can be combined to help map the locations of #ukiyoe. Link in bio

And to close, I published a few more pieces with the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social which, I remind you, accepts submissions all year round! It's a great way to get your name out and about. digitalorientalist.com/author/madda...

Your weekly reminder. Do you have some notes on a #DH project, or a #database you worked with? Write them up in a blog format, and send them in. We would love to publish your work and boos your profile! #submissions #dh #openacess

#newpost #dhnews "Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025" by Soni Wadhwa An overview of all the news in #DH and the study of languages in #India Link in bio

#OTD 2 yrs ago The Future of Researching Sartorial Japonisme: Using Digital Archives and Other Helpful Tools #japanesehistory #fabricstudies #onlinetoold #DHinpractice By Emma Donington-Kiey, an independent researcher and MA graduate of Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies

In her work, Qin applies #DH tools to study poetry by two most famous Tang poets, Yuan Zhen 元稹 and Bai Juyi 白居易 The goal is that of comaring the spatial and temporal distribution of sentiments and examines their relationship with imagery in their poetry. #Tangpoetry #Chinesestudies #DHpractice

Did you miss part one of Qin's work? It's right here! Today, the second part of her analysis is out on our website. #Chinesestudies #DH #Dhpoetry #newpost

Here is Qin's presentation, in case you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcO...

#Newpost! Part 2 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 2025 Conference Here Qin focuses on the findings

📫 Our December #newsletter is out! ✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements. 🔗 tinyurl.com/DO-Dec25

📫 Our December #newsletter is out! ✨ Featuring recent DO posts, our 'AI and Digital Humanities' conference proceedings, and announcements. 🔗 tinyurl.com/DO-Dec25

#OTD 5 yrs ago "‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects" A #howto process to set up the first steps for a #DH project. Confused on how to start? We got you! 👇 digitalorientalist.com/2020/12/04/b...

Remember that anyone can write for the #DO! We receive submissions all year around, on any of the topics we cover. More info here digitalorientalist.com/submit-your-...

#OTD 1 yr ago "Digital Prosopography of Ancient Egyptian Society Using LOD" by So Miyagawa, Contributor for #African Studies. Here, So guides you to the use of the Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom (PNM) database digitalorientalist.com/2024/12/03/d...

✨ debut post by our Yashee Singh! Why are Hindi-language PDFs so difficult to extract text from, and to do about it? Singh explains the challenges behind #Hindi #OCR and offers practical solutions for legacy #fonts, scanned documents, and Unicode-based workflows. Link in bio

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

#otd 4 yrs ago: Old Chinese Prêt-à-porter. A double-edged sword. A post by @madpoli.bsky.social about the pros and cons of digitized data. Easy to access, but it can also mean that fewer people understand what's underneath behind it digitalorientalist.com/2021/11/19/o...

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. Write for us!

This is a reminder that the #DO is always open to guest posts. Any topic covered by the journal, any time, any length. #opensubmissions #DH Check out more info here digitalorientalist.com/submission-g...

#OTD 2 yrs ago "Situating Digital Heritage in Africa" Chandini Jaswal interviews Chao Tayiana Maina, a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist working at the intersection of #DH and public education of African histories digitalorientalist.com/2023/12/01/s...

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. 🔗 t.co/s13xFsggqo

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. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/25/t...

There's still time to apply to join our #socialmedia team! 📅 Deadline: November 30th. 🔗 More information: digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/27/j...

私が大会委員長を務めました令和7年5月開催の『The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social 』誌主催国際会議「AI and the Digital Humanities for the Study of Asia, Africa, and Oceania」のプロシーデイングスWeb公開が進んでいます。今回はスタンフォード大学のエライネ・ライ先生による基調講演「AI Ethics and the Humanities: A Perspective from Buddhist Studies」です。閲覧無料ですので是非ご覧ください!

Elaine Lai is a lecturer at @Stanford. Lai specializes in the study of Buddhist tantra, and has a long history of working with #AI and #DH when researching Buddhist philosophy. Find out more abuot Lai's work here 👇 elainejlai.com/research

“AI Ethics and the Humanities: A Perspective from Buddhist Studies” explores ethical concerns related to AI, asking how to ethically integrate AI in our research. Read more here digitalorientalist.com

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." Link in bio #newpost #AIresearch #humanities&AI