The recent volume of ‚manuscript cultures‘ unveils remarkable aspects of a multiple-text collection by Zahīr al-Dīn Mīrzā Muhammad Ibrāhīm, a Safavid governor of Azerbaijan in the 17th century and an influential member of the courtly elite who also wrote texts and compiled books.

Bridging the gap between computer science and the humanities is the central tenet of the workshop ‘Humanities-Centred Artificial Intelligence’ (CHAI). The proceedings of the fourth edition of this workshop, held in Würzburg in September 2024, are now available open access.

Initiation rites have shaped societies for thousands of years. Many of them involve written artefacts that are necessary to perform the ritual acts. The recently published volume on ‘Written Artefacts in Rites of Passage’ explores the material culture of initiation rites.