Welcome to the International Dunhuang Programme (original) (raw)
Founded in 1994, the International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) is a pioneering international collaboration that brings together online collections from the Eastern Silk Roads and promotes understandings of the history and cultures of the region.
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25th September 2024 The Silk Roads in Sound (2) Contributors The soundscape for the 2024 exhibition “A Silk Road Oasis – Life in Ancient Dunhuang” at the British Library brought together many contributors. Here you … A Silk Road Oasis 2024 Exhibition British Library Exhibition Music Soundscape 
29th July 2024 The Silk Roads in Sound (1) Introduction: Contemporary Echoes of an Ancient Legacy On 27 September, the long-awaited British Library exhibition ‘A Silk Road Oasis – Life in Ancient Dunhuang’ will open to the public. Drawing on 50 … A Silk Road Oasis 2024 Exhibition British Library Exhibition Music Soundscape 
24th June 2024 IDP celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a conference in Dunhuang and a reunion of the IDP partners This is a very significant year for the International Dunhuang Programme (IDP), which celebrates its 30th anniversary since its founding in 1994. The launch of … China Conference IDP 30th anniversary MoU Partnership + More 
21st May 2024 Burkhard Quessel, Curator for Tibetan, Retires from the British Library This blog post is by Annabel Gallop, Head of Southeast Asian Collections at the British Library, and was contributed by colleagues in Asian and African … British Library Buddhism Manuscripts Tibet Tibetan 
07th May 2024 Digital Humanities and the International Dunhuang Programme at Ryukoku University This blog post is by Dr Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert, Digital Curator for Asian and African Collections, British Library. She’s on Mastodon as @[email protected]. I had the honour of being … Conferences Digital humanities IDP Japan Kyoto Manuscripts + More 
08th April 2024 Handwritten Text Recognition of the Dunhuang manuscripts: the challenges of machine learning on ancient Chinese texts This blog post is by Peter Smith, DPhil Student at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. Introduction The study of writing … British Library Chinese Digital humanities Dunhuang Manuscripts 
04th March 2024 IDP New Website Launch We are pleased to announce the launch of the newly redeveloped International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) website, hosted by the British Library. The IDP was established … British Library IDP 30th anniversary Projects The Polonsky Foundation 
11th July 2023 Shaping the Stein collection’s Dunhuang corpus (2): the items from Cave 17’s ‘miscellaneous’ bundles In a previous blog post, we looked at the instrumental role played by Wang Yuanlu during the selection of the items from the Cave 17. … Cave 17 Manichaean Manuscripts Painting Silk + More
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