DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND HISTORICAL GIS IN CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES: NEW APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE FERGANA VALLEY

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Published: 2025-09-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.66073/ReFocus-Conf/97
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Hongwanji, Central Asian archaeological expeditions, Dunhuang manuscripts, prewar China, comparative studies

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Akira Ueda
Ph.D. (History) Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan

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The application of digital humanities methodologies has been transforming historical research across the globe. This report introduces an ongoing project that applies Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to the socio-economic history of the Fergana Valley during the late imperial and early Soviet periods. Building on earlier Japanese scholarship, especially the "Fergana Project" initiated by Professor Hisao Komatsu, this study reflects broader trends in East Asian digital humanities. The aim is twofold: to present the evolution of historical GIS applications in East Asia and to demonstrate how these methods are expanding the possibilities of Central Eurasian historical research.

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on “RELEVANT PROBLEMS OF THE HISTORY OF THE FERGANA VALLEY”

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Akira Ueda. (2025). DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND HISTORICAL GIS IN CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES: NEW APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE FERGANA VALLEY. Partner Conferences of the International Scientific Journal Research Focus, 1(2), 304-306. https://doi.org/10.66073/ReFocus-Conf/97

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4. In consideration of forthcoming publication rights, GIS-based visualizations were presented only during the live conference session. For a related study on the GIS analysis of the Sokh Oasis in the Fergana Basin, see Ueda, Akira. "The demographic and agricultural development of the Kokand oasis during the Russian Imperial era: nomad immigration and cotton monoculture." Central Asian Survey 38-4, 2019: 510–530.