The links to the Digitizing Vietnam digital collections have been added to our recommended IIIF-compliant East Asian collections. Check out this and other listings on the IMMARKUS wiki pages: github.com/rsimon/immar...
I learned so much from attending the workshop for the full release of the Digitizing Vietnam Hub and Platform at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University last weekend.
It was rewarding to see that IMMARKUS was integrated in the workflow for creating these full-text collections.
Ever wanted to learn ancient Armenian but never had the opportunity? Here is your chance! I will be teaching a course for beginners (in English) at ABELAO summer school in Louvain-la-Neuve this summer (4-14 Aug). Registrations are open (early bird discount until 15 April)
abelao.be/cours/ancien...
2) Digitizing Việt Nam: Vietnamese Studies in the Age of Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence April 18
For more info and registration for online participation: weai.columbia.edu/events/digit...
lookiing fwd to 2 workshops on Vietnamese Studies and the history of Lingnan/Lĩnh Nam (嶺南 covering present-day Southern China & Northern Vietnam) in NY
1) Ghosts of the Present: Nationalism and Sinitic Cosmopolitanism in the Medieval Far South April 17
More info weai.columbia.edu/events/ghost... /1
#histbookchat #sinology New book from Hilde de Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social - out in UK on 12thJuly 2026
Thank you!
We're very excited to be featured on the showcase in Amsterdam on day 1. We'll have an additional workshop in The Hague on day 4.
immarkus.xmarkus.org
github.com/rsimon/immar...
with @aboutgeo.bsky.social Dawn Zhuang Lee SunKyu
Our online meemoo workshop (meemoo.be/nl/vormingen...) is now full. For those looking for other IMMARKUS workshops, check out the program of the IIIF annual meeting in Amsterdam, Leiden, and The Hague (conference2026.iiif.io/program/).
Time flew by, but it was a real treat to visit Vancouver. It was great catching up with old and meeting new friends, planning ongoing and future projects, and attending some great @asianstudies.org panels from which I learned a great deal. Txs all, looking fwd to meeting again in Boston next year.
Want to know more about how Koreans wrote classical Chinese (also called literary Sinitic)? Join us at KU Leuven on March 20 for a book presentation of Yannick Bruneton's Grand manuel de chinois classique Hanmun and a workshop on the question of the periodization of the Koryǒ dynasty.
A wonderful project by an amazing colleague Angela Schottenhammer
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
De tijd van hechte vriendschap tussen die twee is al lang achter de rug en heeft ook niet zo lang geduurd. Ook niet overtuigd dat China "natuurlijk veel territoriale ambities" heeft.
Voor wie meer wil weten over Sunzi's Kunst van het Oorlogvoeren is er ook nog altijd een leuk gesprek uit 2018 in BBC In Our Time: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... #ArtofWar /2
Wat speelt er met al die ontslagen aan de top van het Chinese leger?
Vanochtend te gast bij De Ochtend: www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...
Voor de volledige podcast met Veerle De Vos en Tom Vandeweghe: www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... /1
👉🏼 LEES- en LUISTERTIP : Ontslagen in de legertop: bereidt China zich voor op oorlog? Ik maakte met @devosve.bsky.social een boeiende aflevering van de gelauwerde VRT NWS podcast #Chinavoorbijdemuur!
vrtnws.be/p.QABvlK5y8
🖼️ #IIIF Fridays: Discover IMMARKUS, an annotation tool for working smarter with digital image collections (Cc: @aboutgeo.bsky.social). In this online session, @hildedw.bsky.social will demonstrate how IMMARKUS can support your workflow!
📅 30 March (14:00-16:00)
📝 Register: meemoo.be/nl/vormingen...
Happy new year!
火馬迎春, 吉慶有餘 。
(Inspired by a Ming illustrator and shared intelligence.)
CFA: two 3-year postdoc positions with Merlijn Hurx at KU Leuven in architectural history: one on building technology in the Yangtze delta and one on building markets in Europe and China. The deadline for applications is 16 March 2026.
www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
I just published v0.1.0 of tiny.iiif 🚀 - the first official release of my new IIIF server!
• Publish images as IIIF instantly
• Organize images with simple drag+drop
• Image Service + Presentation manifests + user-friendly GUI all in one package
Available now!
github.com/rsimon/tiny-...
We aim to expand our offerings. If you're working in the history of political thought and have a proposal in mind for thematic collections or important works and thinkers in East or Central Asian political thought, get in touch. We cover early, medieval, early modern, and modern political thought./2
The 3rd East Asian title is out in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought! Following Wu Jing: The Essentials of Governance & Kumazawa Banzan: Governing the Realm and Bringing Peace to All below Heaven, P Flueckiger's Dazai Shundai: Writings on Political Economy is now on Cambridge Core.
but one that calls for more collaboration across these damned dynastic boundaries. If interested in the latter, get in touch.
Regular link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Free eprints link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VCUCE...
My review of Chinese Statecraft: Political Theory and Administrative Practice in Ming China. Timothy Brook and Lianbin Dai. In sum: a great contribution to understanding jingshi 經世 (statecraft, governance, and political economy)
A special issue needs to discuss its main theme across multiple periods of Chinese history. If you have ideas or questions, feel free to get in touch with us via email or meet with us in person at the @asianstudies.org meeting in Vancouver. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The January issue of the Journal of Chinese History is now online, with 12 articles & 25 book reviews covering most periods of Chinese history.
We'd like to remind all that we welcome proposals for special issues. Special issues appear annually in our July issue /1
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We are now full, but there is a waiting list. #IIIF
Come join us on January 27th for an online workshop on how to annotate and transcribe IIIF Images with IMMARKUS. More information and a link for how to register free of charge:
iiif.io/event/2026/o...
Onwards! Happy celebrations and best wishes for a more joyful new year of solidarity.
EXTRAORDINARY. OHLeuven qualifies among the top 12 European women's soccer teams. On a shoestring budget.
