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Johann-Mattis List deposited Computational Historical Linguistics in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years agoIn the course, I give a basic introduction into some of the recent developments in the field of computational historical linguistics. While this field is predominantly represented by phylogenetic approaches with whom scholars try to infer phylogenetic trees from different kinds of language data, the approach taken here is much broader,…[Read more]
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Jake Benson started the topic Unusual calligram? in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 3 years agoGreetings everyone,
Rylands Persian MS 27, a Bahāristān of Jāmī once held in the Mughal library bears this unsual marking on folio 1b, adjacent to the header. Have any of you encountered such a marking previously? I wonder if it might possibly be some sort of stylized, undotted Yā Kabīkaj formula? What do you think?
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Annika Tjuka deposited Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice. Volume 5 in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThe weblog Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice, published on the Hypotheses platform for scientific blogging (https://calc.hypotheses.org/), offers tutorials and discussion notes on computer-assisted approaches to the history and diversity of languages. A substantial part of its content is contributed as part of the ERC Starting…[Read more]
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James A Benn deposited Religious Studies 726 Topics in Chinese Religions: Death, Funerals, Burial in Chinese Religions McMaster University, Term II 2022–23 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoSyllabus for graduate seminar at McMaster University. In this seminar we will examine practices surrounding death in a variety of Chinese religions. We will explore the various understandings of the death process, preparation for death, and the afterlife. We will look at the post-mortem treatment of the body, changing funerary practices and…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited MAD HARRY! in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years agoMAD HARRY! * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-ND
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Hélène Huet started the topic 2023 Latin American & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThe University of Florida and the University of North Florida will host their first Latin America & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium at the George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainesville FL on Friday, March 3, 2023.
We seek proposals for papers, posters, and lightning rounds, on any topic related to Digital Humanities focusing on Latin America…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited महिषासुर एक जननायक in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoप्रमोद रंजन द्वारा संपादित पुस्तक “महिषासुर एक जननायक” का उद्देश्य यह स्पष्ट करना है कि आखिर महिषासुर नाम से शुरू किया गया यह आन्दोलन है क्या? इसकी आवश्यकता क्यों पड़ी? इसके निहितार्थ क्या हैं? इस पुस्तक में प्रश्न उठाया गया है कि जब असुर एक प्रजाति है तो उसकी हार या उसके नायक की ह्त्या का उत्सव किस सांस्कृतिक मनोवृत्ति का परिचायक…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited महिषासुर मिथक व परंपराएं in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoमहिषासुर से संबंधित बहुजन समाज के मिथकों व परंपराओं , पौराणिक मिथकों और आधुनिक युग में गढे़ गए मिथकों के अर्थों को खोलने वाली इस पुस्तक का संपादक प्रमोद रंजन ने किया है। इस पुस्तक में पहली बार महिषासुर शहादत/स्मरण दिवस की विस्तृत सैद्धांतिकी भी प्रस्तुत की गई है तथा इस संबंध में उठने वालो सभी सवालों के उत्तर प्रस्तुत किये गये हैं।…[Read more]
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Salam Rassi deposited Scribal and Commentary Traditions at the Dawn of Print: The Manuscripts of the Near Eastern School of Theology as an Archive of the Early Nahḍa in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis article focuses on the Arabic manuscript collection of the Near Eastern School of Theology (NEST). The NEST library contains several manuscripts that were donated, copied, or read by important Christian-born intellectuals of the nahḍa. Given these men’s role in the emergence of modern publishing in the Middle East, I examine the int…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited भगाणा की निर्भयाएं in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoयह किताब बहुजन डाइवर्सिटी द्वारा 2007 से शुरू की गई भारत की ज्वलंत समस्याएं शृंखला की है। पुस्तक में समय समय पर उद्भव होने वाली कुछ ख़ास समस्याओं, जिनसे राष्ट्र का जीवन बुरी तरह प्रभावित होता है एवं जिन्हें मीडिया के अल्पकालिक प्रभाव के चलते लोग एक अंतराल के बाद विस्मृत कर समस्याओं के अम्बार में घिरे देश की दूसरी समस्याओं में खो जाते हैं, को यद…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited सच्ची रामायण: पेरियार ई. वी. रामासामी in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoसच्ची रामायण, पेरियार ई. वी. रामासामी की बहुचर्चित और सबसे विवादास्पद कृति रही है। पेरियार रामायण को एक राजनीतिक ग्रंथ मानते थे। उनका कहना था कि इसे दक्षिणवासी अनार्यों पर उत्तर के आर्यों की विजय और प्रभुत्व को जायज ठहराने के लिए लिखा गया और यह गैर-ब्राह्मणों पर ब्राह्मणों और महिलाओं पर पुरुषों के वर्चस्व का उपकरण है। यह किताब हिंदी में 1968में ‘स…[Read more]
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Salam Rassi deposited Christian Thought in the Medieval Islamicate World: ʿAbdīshōʿ of Nisibis and the Apologetic Tradition in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis book is the first monograph-length study and intellectual biography of ʿAbdīshōʿ of Nisibis (d. 1318), bishop and polymath of the Church of the East. Focusing on his works of apologetic theology, this study examines the intellectual strategies he employs to justify Christianity against Muslim (and to a lesser extent Jewish) criticisms. Bet…[Read more]
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Jessica A. Hutchins, Ph.D. deposited Texaco Wiki – A Knowledge Base on the Novel Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis website provides contextual information and interpretations of the novel Texaco by Martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau. It was started in spring 2022 as a collaborative project by students in the Honors Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in conjunction with the course Honors 200-008: Caribbean Crucible of Globalization…[Read more]
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Joachim Berger deposited Regimes of territoriality. Overseas conflicts and inner-European relations, c. 1870–1930 in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis essay focuses on territorial conflicts between European masonic bodies outside Europe, and on the impact of these conflicts on inner-European masonic relations. The period between c. 1870 and c. 1930 marks the height of the European expansion respectively the age of ‘high imperialism’. It also marks the first wave of decolonization. The tid…[Read more]
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Pruritus Migrans deposited Alaska is OURS! in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoAlaska is OURS! * QRt by PRURITUS MIGRANS * CC: BY-NC-SA
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Jake Benson started the topic Petition in the discussion
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Jake Benson started the topic OCR in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoTerrific news for non-Latin script specialists: Archive.org will take advantage of new advancements in OCR to reprocess printed multi-script manuscript catalogues, which currently misinterpret non-Latin scripts as gibberish. They just reprocessed one volume of Rieu’s British Museum catalogue https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008986313 and…[Read more]
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Jake Benson started the topic Welcome! in the discussion
Arabic script manuscripts on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoWelcome to everyone interested in deciphering challenging examples of handwritten Arabic script, inclusive of all languages, as well as associated topics spanning everything from codicology and materials, seal impressions, as well as early printing methods. I currently catalogue Persian manuscripts held in the John Rylands Research Institute and…[Read more]
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