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Eager to train your own HTR model? TibSchol's Ground Truth dataset is now accessible on GitHub. More information on our "Resources" page.

Hello 2024! We wish you all a wonderful new year!

On December 1st, Rachael Griffiths will be giving an introduction to Transkribus and the TibSchol HTR models as part of the DH workshop "Making the Most of Digital Humanities Techniques for Tibetan Studies: An introduction and practical guide."

On November 25, TibSchol team member MA Zhouyang will talk about early Tibetan scholasticism and the role of Tibetan scholars in the spread of this tradition of learning to the Tangut State at the International Symposium “青藏高原各民族交往交流交融的历史与现实” (History and Current Situation of the Qinghai-Tibet…

On November 22, Pascale Hugon will be giving a talk about the TibSchol project and the topic of transfers of knowledge in scholastic networks at the "Forschungskolloquium Eurasische Gesellschaften 400-1600," Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

Transcribe manuscripts in one click! Two Handwritten Text Recognition models for Tibetan cursive script trained by Rachael Griffiths in the framework of the TibSchol project have been published on the platform Transkribus (https://readcoop.eu/transkribus). More information on our "Resources" page.

Pascale Hugon's article "‘Thunderbolt Blaze’ or ‘Armless Hero’? – On the Authorship of the Essence of Debate" was published in: Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Jue Liang, and William A. McGrath, (eds.), Histories of Tibet: Essays in Honor of Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, New York, NY: Wisdom Publications,…

Zhouyang Ma will be presenting at the IKGA Research Colloquium on October 3rd on "The Tangut assimilation of Tibetan Buddhist scholasticism: 1149–1227."

The TibSchol team is happy to be hosting Dr. Kyeongjin Choi (University of Tokyo) as a guest researcher from September 5 to 17. We look forward to learning more about her work on the scholastic treatises of gTsang nag pa brTson 'grus seng ge.

A warm welcome to Dr. Zhouyang Ma, who has joined the TibSchol team as a Postdoctoral Researcher!