OpenGulf is dedicated to fostering intellectual exploration and innovation through its broad spectrum of scholarly publications, which encompass a variety of disciplines, methodologies, and research areas.
Research Publications:
(Journal Article), Camille Lyans Cole, Nora Elizabeth Barakat, Nada Ammagui, and David Joseph Wrisley. “Mapping Tribes: Ottoman Spatial Thinking in Iraq and Arabia, c. 1910”Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association 9, no. 2 (September 2022): 205–42.
(Short Paper Publication), Fine Tuning NER with spaCy for Transliterated Entities Found in Digital Collections From the Multilingual Persian Gulf. 6th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference (DHNB 2022), Uppsala University, Sweden, 15–18 March 2022 (peer reviewed)
(Short Paper Publication), Finding Culture in Data Preparation: Interdisciplinarity and the Phone Book. European Association of Digital Humanities (EADH 2021), Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 21-24 September 2021 (peer reviewed)
(Short Paper Publication), Abu Dhabi Calling!: A Pilot Investigation of Spatial Patterns in Phone Directories. Winter Institute in Digital Humanities, January 2020
Research Dissemination:
(Research Poster Presentation), Nora Barakat and Mustafa Emre Günaydı, “Mapping Gulf Spaces, Analyzing Imperial Texts: OpenGulf” Winter Institute in Digital Humanities, NYU Abu Dhabi, 17 January 2024.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat and David Joseph Wrisley, “OpenGulf: Toward a Post-National Digital History” Research Institute for the Humanities,” The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 24 October 2022.
(Researcn Presentation), Nora Barakat and David Joseph Wrisley, “Beyond the National Archive: Digital Futures for Gulf Studies” Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford, 18 October 2022.
(Research Presentation), Almazhan Kapan, Suphan Kirmizialtin, Rhythm Kukreja and David Joseph Wrisley, “Fine Tuning NER with spaCy for Transliterated Entities Found in Digital Collections From the Multilingual Persian Gulf” 6th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference (DHNB 2022), Uppsala University, Sweden, 15–18 March 2022.
(Research Brief), Moe Khalil, Danny Tse, and Nora Barakat “[CESTA Anthology 2020-21” Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis]” (https://github.com/opengulf/opengulf.github.io/blob/master/assets/images/cesta_anthology_excerpt.pdf) (Stanford), December 2021
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat, “Text Creation from Arabic Historical Sources”, Digital Humanities and Islamic Studies Online Workshop, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, 20 November 2021.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat, Suphan Kirmizialtin and David Joseph Wrisley, “Digital Approaches to Gulf Studies: Introducing OpenGulf” Humanities (Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World, NYU Abu Dhabi, 3 November 2021.
(Research Presentation), David Joseph Wrisley, Prince Ampofo and Wajahat Mirza, “Finding Culture in Data Preparation: Interdisciplinarity and the Phone Book” European Association of Digital Humanities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Data, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 21-25 September 2021.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat and Mohammed Khalil, “Annotation and Transcription Platforms and Arabic Script Languages: Promises and Challenges”, Right to Left Conference, Digital Humanities Summer Institute, June 2021.
(Research Presentation), Munther AlSabagh and David Joseph Wrisley, “Arabic Handwritten Archives from the Gulf Region: Challenges and Opportunities for Local Digital Research”, Right to Left Conference, Digital Humanities Summer Institute, June 2021.
(Research Presentation), Nada Ammagui, Nora Barakat, Camille Cole, Moe Khalil and David Joseph Wrisley, “OpenGulf: Creating Digital Research Infrastructures for Gulf Studies” Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Stanford University, 4 May 2021.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat and David Joseph Wrisley, “When Does it Become Open?” Engaging Open Social Scholarship (INKE), 8-10 December 2020.
(Research Presentation), David Joseph Wrisley, “‘The Book That Everyone Uses, But No One Reads’: Phone Directories for Digital Urban History of Abu Dhabi (1970-2000)” MESA, 14 October 2020
(Research Presentation), Nada Ammagui, Nora Barakat, Liyan Ibrahim, Suphan Kirmizialtin, Gurgen Tadevosyan and David Joseph Wrisley, “Team-Based Manipulation of Digitally Available Texts in a Remote Environment: Notes on Research and Pedagogy” Middle East Librarians Association 2020 Annual Meeting. 8-9 October 2020.
(Research Brief), “AY 19-20 Undergraduate Research: OpenGulf” NYU Abu Dhabi Office of Undergraduate Research Report, May 2020
(Research Presentation), Wajahat Mirza, David Joseph Wrisley. “Abu Dhabi Calling!: A Pilot Investigation of Spatial Patterns in Phone Directories” at Winter Institute in Digital Humanities, NYU Abu Dhabi, 20 January 2020.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat, David Joseph Wrisley. “Open Gulf and Global Asia” at Port City Environments in Global Asia: Luce Abu Dhabi Gathering, NYU Abu Dhabi, 15 January 2020.
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat, David Joseph Wrisley. “Open Gulf: Collating the Imperial Knowledge of Historical Gazetteers of Arabia,” Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, 17 November 2019.
(Research Brief), “The Open Gulf Project” NYU Abu Dhabi Arts and Humanities Division Research Report, May 2019
(Research Presentation), Nora Barakat, Elham Fakhro, Nelida Fuccaro and David Joseph Wrisley, “Mapping Lorimer: Using Digital Methods to Explore the Discursive Construction of Gulf Space, Societies and Cultures/Economies” Exeter Center for Gulf Studies Conference, Exeter, UK, 2 July 2018.
Datasets:
The following datasets are all provided with a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
Mapping Ottoman Iraq Through The 19th & 20th Century Ottoman and British Sources, Filename: Seyahatname and Lorimer Iraq Place Names, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10674707.
Mapping Baghdad and Basra Chapters of Seyahatname-i Hudud, Filename: Seyahatname-i Hudud_Baghdad and Basra.csv, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.8356406.
Wells on the Qatar Promontory, Filename: wells_qatar_1904-07.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Date Palms and Livestock in the Historical Neighborhoods of Baraimi, Filename: palms_livestock_Buraimi.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Flag protection of Pearling Towns in the Gulf, Filename: pearl_protection.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Quantities of Date Palms in Bahrain, Filename:BH_date_palms.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Places of Wadi Al Tayin, Filename: Wadi_Al_Tayin.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Camels in the early 20th Century Arabian Gulf, Filename: camels_Arabian_Gulf.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Place Name Changes in Arabistan (Khuzestan), Filename: name_changes_Arabistan.csv, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4678674.
Last update: 22 February 2024