8 July 2025: Daniel Kinitz: "Data-driven intellectual history? Building a research platform for Arabic manuscript cultures"

Full title: Data-driven intellectual history? The challenges of building a research platform for Arabic manuscript cultures

What do we know about the premodern intellectual history of the Arab-Islamic world, and where do gaps in our understanding persist? Which technologies can enhance accessibility and support research? What challenges arise in data-driven approaches to historical scholarship? The lecture explores these questions through the long-term research project 'Bibliotheca Arabica,' which offers fresh insights into Arab literary traditions by setting up an extensive database on Arabic manuscripts and manuscript studies.

Lecture at the Franco-German Summer School: "Open(ing) Science? Digital Humanities in Area Studies", Leipzig University, 8 July 2025
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