• Photograph showing a page from a medieval manuscript.

Digital Humanities research in Africa

by Emmanuel Ngué Um The main challenge facing Digital Humanities research in Africa is the race to catch up with a global trend, where digitization is increasingly present at the intersection of knowledge and society. This race is taking place…

Why should we care about endangered languages?

In this extract from the introduction of his new book Linguist on the Loose, Lyle Campbell explores why and how linguists work with endangered languages. by Lyle Campbell In my mind I have always been a country boy; I grew…

Arabic and Hebrew in one Text

Dr Mohamed A. H. Ahmed discusses authors who started their literary careers writing in Arabic before switching to write in Hebrew due to social surroundings