Some of my outreach activities
09/03/23 18:46
In 2020, I started a collaboration with the Digital Orientalist, an online magazine where scholars and librarians from all fields in the Humanities talk of using Digital Tools to do research. I served as Editor in Chief during the academic year 22/23.
My first two articles discuss digital resources for palaeography, which is the study of history writing systems using ancient texts. In ancient China, this means oracle bone inscriptions (jiaguwen 甲骨文), bronze inscriptions (jinwen 金文) and manuscripts written on bamboo and silk (jianbo 簡帛). In these pieces, I review some databases that highly facilitate this job, but have also some flaws. Check out all my writings under the Publications page.
Through the Digital Orientalist I came to know many wonderful colleagues, among which Mariana Zorkina. At her invitation, I began to collaborate with her on the project Methods in Sinology. The idea behind it is simple: to share with the audience how different scholars do research. Very often we are presented with results, rather than methods. We hope that *Methods* becomes a self-sustaining project that continuously inspires all scholars.
I was also a board member of the Early Text Cultures project, a graduate-student run group based at Oxford University that fosters cross-cultural dialogue. During the 2020/2021 academic year, ETC runs a series of reading groups. After two reading groups on Silence and Writing Orality, we hosted a series of fascinating talks from all fields on the theme of Astronomy and Astrology. In September 2021, we have been exploring the topic of Scribal Identity and Agency. The project continues to be updated and delivers exciting talks, make sure to follow it!
Several of talks given for Methods in Sinology and ETC are published on the YouTube channel In Conversation with China.
My first two articles discuss digital resources for palaeography, which is the study of history writing systems using ancient texts. In ancient China, this means oracle bone inscriptions (jiaguwen 甲骨文), bronze inscriptions (jinwen 金文) and manuscripts written on bamboo and silk (jianbo 簡帛). In these pieces, I review some databases that highly facilitate this job, but have also some flaws. Check out all my writings under the Publications page.
Through the Digital Orientalist I came to know many wonderful colleagues, among which Mariana Zorkina. At her invitation, I began to collaborate with her on the project Methods in Sinology. The idea behind it is simple: to share with the audience how different scholars do research. Very often we are presented with results, rather than methods. We hope that *Methods* becomes a self-sustaining project that continuously inspires all scholars.
I was also a board member of the Early Text Cultures project, a graduate-student run group based at Oxford University that fosters cross-cultural dialogue. During the 2020/2021 academic year, ETC runs a series of reading groups. After two reading groups on Silence and Writing Orality, we hosted a series of fascinating talks from all fields on the theme of Astronomy and Astrology. In September 2021, we have been exploring the topic of Scribal Identity and Agency. The project continues to be updated and delivers exciting talks, make sure to follow it!
Several of talks given for Methods in Sinology and ETC are published on the YouTube channel In Conversation with China.