Topic Modeling

Project Quintessence: Examining Textual Dimensionality with a Dynamic Corpus Explorer

Samuel Pizelo
Arthur Koehl
Chandni Nagda
Carl Stahmer

data analytics
data visualization
corpora
nlp
project management
project report
tools

text mining
digital archives
topic modeling
word embeddings
corpus exploration
visualizations

We articulate a design principle of textual dimensionality in a free and open-access web tool for exploring the EEBO-TCP early modern English corpus

Experiments in Distant Reading: Using Topic Modeling on Chinese Buddhist Texts from 500-800 CE

Marcus Bingenheimer
Justin Brody
Ryan Nichols

Topic Modeling
Chinese Buddhism
Buddhist Chinese

The article explores the use of BERTopic to analyze Chinese Buddhist texts from 500–800 CE, distinguishing between translated Indian-Chinese and native Chinese-Chinese writings. The findings shed light on the sinicization of Buddhism, uncovering key thematic differences that suggest new avenues for historical and linguistic study.