Projects
A collection of digital humanities projects, teaching resources, and tools I have developed over the years.
Websites and Resources
Shanghai Municipal Police Archive Wiki (2024) A collaborative wiki documenting the Shanghai Municipal Police Archive.
A Guide to Spatial History (2022) Comprehensive guide to spatial history methods and tools for historians.
Frog in a Well Source Guides Curated guides to primary sources for East Asian history.
Scans of Contemporary Japan Digital scans from the journal Contemporary Japan.
Shoebox of Norwegian Letters (2010) A collection of letters exchanged between Norway and Norwegian-Americans from 1911 to 1952. Translations by Siri Lawson.
Sino-Japanese Studies Journal Webmaster for the open access academic journal Sino-Japanese Studies.
Resources for Students
Chinese Periodical Translation Project (2025) Experimental use of LLMs to create translations for students to browse Chinese periodicals.
Five Korean Colonial Period Journals (2025) LLM-assisted translations of Korean colonial period journals for student research.
East Asia Timeline Flashcards (2024) Interactive flashcards for students learning East Asian history terms and concepts.
East Asia Terms Flashcards (2024) Additional flashcard sets for historical terminology.
China Interactive Map (2024) Interactive map quiz tool for students learning Chinese geography. Github Repository
QGIS Tutorials (2017) Video tutorial series on using QGIS for historical mapping.
Visualizing Social Networks in Cytoscape (2020) Student guide to network analysis and visualization using Cytoscape.
Network Visualization in R (2017) Tutorial on creating network visualizations using R for historical research.
Other Programming Projects
ordb A command-line tool for searching an extensive Norwegian bokmål dictionary. Built with Claude Code.
zurch A tool for command line interaction with Zotero. Built with Claude Code.
Hall of Sages (2017) A text adventure game for teaching about Chinese history and philosophy built for my nephew. GitHub Repository
Fool’s Workshop (1999-2004) Archive of older programming projects and experiments.