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▍ Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities   写本研究とデジタル人文学

Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Credit: Shobha Rani Dash

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Research Group

Ute Hüsken
Heidelberg University

Shobha Rani Dash
Otani University, Kyoto

Anand Mishra
Heidelberg University

M. Maithrimurthi
Heidelberg University

Suchada Srisetthaworakul
Digital Archive Section
Otani University, Kyoto


The methods and techniques of Digital Humanities are increasingly reshaping the manner in which established areas of research are carried out. Use of digital applications and electronic equipments is ushering a new era for the study of manuscripts as well. These rapid advancements necessitate a careful and thorough assessment of the desirability, as also possible concerns, of employing them and call for a judicious integration of the new techniques in the workflow of the study and editing of manuscripts. The main aim of this research group is to review and revise the study of South and Southeast Asian manuscripts in the context of the fast evolving discipline of Digital Humanities.


デジタル人文学の手法と技術は、既存の研究分野のやり方をますます変えている。デジタルアプリケーションや電子機器の使用は、写本研究にも画期をもたらしている。このような急速な進歩は、それらを採用する際の望ましいありかたと起こりうる問題点を慎重かつ徹底的に評価することを求め、写本に対する研究と校訂の作業工程に新しい技術を賢明に統合することを求める。ハイデルベルク大学の南アジアの宗教・文化史学科(古典インド学科)と大谷大学真宗総合研究所デジタル・アーカイブ資料室による共同研究会の主な目的は、デジタル人文学の急速な発展の中で、南アジア・東南アジアの写本の研究を見直し、再構築することである。

Activities
Lecture Series (2024):

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Fr. 26th Apr., 2024
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road

Dr. Erik Radisch & Dr. Ines Konczak-Nagel (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig)

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Fr. 09th Feb., 2024
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Dating the Vedic Corpus

Dr. Oliver Hellwig (University of Zurich)

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Fr. 02nd Feb., 2024
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Qalamos – Connecting Manuscript Traditions

Larissa Schmid & Karin Druxes M.A. (Orientabteilung Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)

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Lecture Series (2023):

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Fr. 10th Nov., 2023
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

eHeritage project: Digitization of Gandharan Artefacts (DiGA)

Prof. Dr. Jessie Pons, Prof Dr. Frederik Elwert, Dr. Serena Autiero, Dr. Cristiano Moscatelli

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Fri. 14. 07. 2023
09:15- 10:45 Hrs. (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

A New Online Tool for the Production of Critical Scholarly Editions

Dr. Rafal Felbur (Heidelberg University)

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Fri. 23. 06. 2023
09:15- 10:45 Hrs. (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

National Mission for Manuscripts: Present, Past and Future

Dr. Anirban Dash (Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi)

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Fri. 16. 06. 2023
10:00- 11:30 Hrs. (CEST Germany)
01:30-03:00 pm (IST India)
05:00-06:30 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Digital Epigraphy in the Project DHARMA

Annette Schmiedchen (Humboldt University, Berlin) | Dániel Balogh (Humboldt University, Berlin)

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Fr. 13th Jan., 2023
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Documenting and Editing Inscriptions from the Kathmandu Valley and Beyond

Manik Bajracharya & Rajan Khatiwoda
(Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)

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Lecture Series (2022):

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Fr. 09th Dec., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

When Dealing with a Hundred Pāli Manuscripts: Editing Subhasutta of the Dīghanikāya

Dr. Bunchird Chaowarithreonglith
(Dhammachai Tipiṭaka Project, DCI Center for Buddhist Studies, Ayutthaya)

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Fr. 25th Nov., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Two Sets of Digital Tools for the Study of Chinese Buddhist Texts

Prof. Michael Radich
(Professor of Buddhist Studies, HCTS, Heidelberg University)

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Fr. 29th Jul., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Editing the Śivadharma Corpus

Florinda de Simini (Università di Napoli L’Orientale) Dominic Goodall (EFEO, Pondicherry) Csaba Kiss (Università di Napoli L’Orientale) Kengo Harimoto (Università di Napoli L’Orientale)

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Fr. 15th Jul., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Palm-leaf Manuscripts in Southeast Asia: Demonstration of Creating a Database of Pāli Tipitaka (Survey, Digitization and Transcription)

Dr. Suchada Srisetthaworakul
(Mahidol University)

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Fr. 24th Jun., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Jam Today: Managing Large Manuscript Traditions with Digital Humanities Tools

Prof. Dr. Dominik Wujastyk
(University of Alberta)

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Fr. 10th Jun., 2022
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Otani University Collection Buddhist Manuscript Research Project, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Presentation of the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute

Dr. Borayin Larios
(University of Vienna)

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Lecture Series (2021):

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Mo. 13th Dec., 2021
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:45-03:15 pm (IST India)
5:15-6:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Manuscript Heritage of Odisha

Dr. Mamata Mishra
(Prof. K.V. Sarma Research Foundation, Chennai)

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Mo. 22nd Nov., 2021
09:00-10:30 Hrs (CET Germany)
01:30-03:00 pm (IST India)
5:00-6:30 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Digitizing Manuscripts and Archival Sources: Three Corpora from North India

Prof. Dr. Monika Boehm-Tettelbach
(Heidelberg University)

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Mo. 08th Nov., 2021
07:15-8:45 am (CET, USA Eastern)
13:15-14:45 Hrs (CET Germany)
05:45-07:15 pm (IST India)
09:15-10:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Advanced Technologies for Imaging and Preservation of Ancient Palm-leaf Manuscripts

P. R. Mukund, Ph.D.
(Professor of Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology)

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Mo. 25th Oct., 2021
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST Germany)
12:45-02:15 pm (IST India)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST Japan)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

New Catalogus Catalogorum : An Overview

Prof. Dr. Siniruddha Dash
(University of Madras)

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Fr. 16th July, 2021
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST/UTC+2h)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Digital edition of the Nyāyabhāṣya

PD Dr. Phillip A. Maas
(Leipzig University)

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Fr. 9th July, 2021
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST/UTC+2h)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

▍ The Research Environment for Ancient Documents: A Digital Toolbox for Editing Indic Texts

Dr. Stefan BAUMS and Stephen WHITE M.Sc.
(Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities)

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Fr. 2nd July, 2021
09:15-10:45 Hrs (CEST/UTC+2h)
4:15-5:45 pm (JST)

Joint Research Group: Manuscriptology and Digital Humanities
Co-organized with Digital Archive Section, Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute, Otani University, Kyoto

Southeast Asian Buddhist Manuscripts: With a Special Reference to the Palm-leaf Manuscripts at Otani University

Prof. Dr. Shobha Rani Dash
(Otani University, Kyoto)
Dr. Suchada Srisetthaworakul
(Digital Archive Section, Otani University, Kyoto; Center for the Study of Ancient Manuscripts, Thailand)

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