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. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/07/o...

Our November newsletter is out now! Catch up on our recent posts, other publications from our contributors, announcements, and more: 🔗 mailchi.mp/641020b65688...

CFP alert! If you're working on digitization, replicas and reproductions, living history practices, or other forms of surrogate sources, we'd love to see a proposal for organized sessions at the 2026 Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. #DigitalHumanities #LivingHistory #CFP #MedievalSky

Save the date! The 2026 Annual Event will take place at the University of Southampton on 15-16 June 2026. This year's theme is ‘Sustainability’. We are excited to share more information about the event, including the call for papers, in the coming weeks.

@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. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/11/04/t...

📢 Call for Reviewers: #DH2026 Daejeon Join us in shaping the conference program! ✅ Min. 4 submissions ✅ Double-blind review ✅ ADHO Code of Conduct Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #DH2026 #ADHO

We want to promote your work! Open, rolling submissions any time: 👇

Resource: The Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and Humanities in Japan: A Brief (Re-?)Introduction

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

#tbt to Brian Tsz Ho Wong's first DO post about teaching network analysis at @edcdcs.bsky.social - focusing on the challenges of using East Asian historical sources and availability of usable data. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2024/10/29/i... #digitalhumanities #networkanalysis #researchtools

Applications are now open for the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian and Islamic Collections. For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November. #persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity

🔍 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. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/28/s...

CFP deadline reminder: all submissions for the Asian Studies Conference Japan annual meeting are due by Friday, October 31! Submit your proposal by then to be considered for the July 4-5 conference at Sophia University.

📢 We're seeking #volunteers to join our social media team! Help shape and expand our online presence and connect with our community. 🗓️ Apply by November 30 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/27/j...

Today's post was inspired by @madpoli.bsky.social's recent piece that maps out tools and resources for East Asian Studies featured in The DO 👇 digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/19/a...

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 ✨ 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/24/a...

#OTD in 2021, Elizabeth Bishop's “Decolonize University-Based Journals” introduced readers to Algerian Scientific Journals Platform (ASJP) - a model for #openaccess publishing in North Africa 📖🌍 digitalorientalist.com/2021/10/22/d...

In today's post, Ephrem Aboud Ishac writes about using #AI to visually reconstruct and complete partially damaged or fragmented #Syriac manuscripts, exploring its benefits and the ethical obligations involved. 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/21/s...

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 👇 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/17/t...

#tbt to this 2021 article by Shiva Mihan and Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes on examples of fingernail art - a minimalist artform that flourished in Iran in the 19th century - preserved at @labnf.bsky.social 🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2021/10/29/n...

#DH2026 CFP is now live! Submit your work on fostering meaningful connection between communities, cultures and emerging technologies. 🔗 Visit to learn more and submit your entry: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 8, 2025 #DigitalHumanities #DH2026 #Engagement

CFP (due 10/15 initial interest) from Journal of Open Humanities Data with Jenny Kwok co-editing this special edition, Benchmarking in #DigitalHumanities openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/collections/...

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

Today's is a big one: it's not only a #newpost, it's our 600th post since the establishment of the #DO in 2013! A perfect time to remind you that the #DO is the only open-access magazine that covers topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields.

#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

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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!

the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social can give your notes and name a lot of visibility. If you're working with online tools and databases and find it helpful, spread the word! The #DO takes submission all year round

my new post for the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social is out! A simple intro to the 敦煌文化 resources - a very handy database with plenty of information and media about the Dunhuang manuscripts, and more!

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!

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.

#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

and don't forget to send us your work!!

#OTD 5 yrs ago: Jonathan Robker writes about online sources for critical editions of biblical texts besides Accordance, BibleWorks, and Logos. Check it out 👇 #textstudies #DHinpractice #DHtools #biblestudies #critialedition #tbt #repost digitalorientalist.com/2020/10/09/t...

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.

Like what you see? Share it! 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. Help us spread the word

#OTD 1 yr ago: Alice Casalini @UChicago introduces DIGA, the created with the intention of digitizing artifacts from Gandhāra scattered all around the world. Check it out 👇 #streamline #workflow #digitaltools #DHinpractice #DHresources digitalorientalist.com/2024/10/08/t...

Breaking language barriers in historical newspaper research! 2 new AI-powered features in the #CrossAsia Newspaper Explorer to explore 📊Show results by similarity 🔍Cross-language search for similar titles Free for all users! All info here: sbb.berlin/j4me1 @stabiberlin.bsky.social

Emma Donington's #newpost is freely available on our website digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/07/d...

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

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We are delighted to have finished the latest tranche of translation: our #digitalcorpus now contains 334 #documents in New #Persian, enabling researchers to explore the medieval Islamicate East through stories of everyday life! Thank you to all team members since 2020 for their work 🎉 #medievalsky

Let the #DO promote your work! Submit a guest piece, any time, any topic in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. Submission info here 👉 digitalorientalist.com/submission-g...

#OTD 2 yrs ago A guest post by @rmostern.bsky.social on the integration of #digitalhumanities in one's research "What does it mean to assert that a project represents scholarship in the digital humanities?" check it out 👇 #tbt #dhinpractice digitalorientalist.com/2023/10/06/q...

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How can we map the journeys of #Sindhi books? 📖 Soni Wadhwa introduces Sindhi Sanchaya - a project collecting and curating metadata from scattered libraries, private collections, and #digital #archives, bringing them together in a single searchable resource. 🔗 link in bio #newpost #dhresources

Like what you see? Share it! The #DO is run by academics, students, and librarians who volunteer their time to bring to you news from the #DH world. It is the only open-access magazine covering developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. Support us

#tbt to a piece by Chris Diamond, contributor for #DH in Indian literature and culture Do you like 🎙️ podcasts? Diamond and colleagues did one on the topic of digital repatriation. Here, he details the steps behind this work👇 #DHtools #DHinpractice #teaching digitalorientalist.com/2023/03/17/p...

#tbt to a post on little-known resources by our own editor in chief, Rachael Griffiths! "Resources for Kanjur and Tanjur Studies: Introduction and Review" The largest database for #tibetan lit. #dhtools #tbt #dhinpractice #introduction digitalorientalist.com/2025/02/14/r...