Keyao Pan (RIJS Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-22) Featured on Journal of Open Humanities Data Twitter Page
Keyao Pan was featured today on the Twitter page of the Journal of Open Humanities Data for his recently published paper "Networking for Historical Justice: The Application of Graph Database Management Systems to Network Analysis Projects and the Case Study of the Reparation Movement for Japanese Colonial and Wartime Atrocities." Dr.
Read MoreKosuke Imai Launches Algorithm-Assisted Redistricting Methodology (ALARM) Project
This past year, Professor Kosuke Imai of the Department of Statistics and Government at Harvard University launched a research project to apply redistricting computational algorithms to Japan’s House of Representatives. With Reischauer Institute support, Prof.
Read MoreHarvard Fine Arts Library Published Updated Website of "Early Photography of Japan" on CURIOSity
The Fine Arts Library at Harvard University has recently published a newly updated version of "Early Photography of Japan" on CURIOSity. This virtual collection pulls together over 2,000 images from more than 40 souvenir photograph albums and illustrated publications from Japan held by the Fine Arts Library, Harvard-Yenching Library, and Widener Library.
Read MoreMessage of Condolence
The Reischauer Institute is shocked and deeply saddened by the senseless act of violence that took the life of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8, 2022.
Read MoreJapan Digital Scholarship Librarian Katherine Matsuura Co-authors Blog Post about Notable Japanese Collections in North America
Katherine Matsuura (Japan Digital Scholarship Librarian, Harvard) recently co-authored a blog post with Ann Marie Davis (Ohio State) and Yukari Sugiyama (Yale) on The Digital Orientalist, titled “Visualizing an Online Database for Notable Japanese Collections in North America.” The NJC is a digital project launched in February 2022, built on Google Data Studio and used as a tool to identify, describe, locate, and promote rare or distinctive Japanese Studies collect
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