You will take charge of a workflow that develops text-recognition (htr) for digitized early modern colonial archives on a large scale. You will collect the digitized material and you will apply the pipeline for text recognition and layout analysis (Loghi). You will ensure the output is stored in durable ways (dataverse) and described with high-quality documentation. You will be able to use methods and practices that are developed and use in the GLOBALISE project.

To help you set up and learn the acquired tasks, you will be able to draw on supervision and expert knowledge from colleagues in the different projects (esp. GLOBALISE, Exploring Slave Trade in Asia and the research projects on slavery). You will collaborate with the project teams to organize the creation of new ground truth where needed. The htr output can be used for entity recognition or data extraction that facilitates the collaborative research on slave trade, slavery and racialization.

• A completed research master's or master's degree in history, or another relevant discipline;
• (Starting) Experience with python, command line, datasets and/or Digital Humanities methods;
• Willingness to learn more;
• Experience with organizing and coordinating tasks, documentation, etc;
• Proficiency of English and Dutch, and/or other languages;
• An active, independent and collegial working attitude.
• We consider it an advantage if you have affinity with the history of slavery, colonial or social history, early modern history;

Fixed-term contract: 1 year.

Depending on education and experience the minimum salary is 3.345 and the maximum salary is 5.278 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale 10 cao Nederlandse Universiteiten/KNAW). This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP.

The KNAW offers its staff an excellent package of secondary benefits. A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions. For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with full-time employment). For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: werken bij de KNAW. Applying for a Certificate of Good Conduct can be part of the employment procedure.

IISG

The International Institute of Social History (IISG-KNAW) is an Academy research institute. IISG is one of the most prestigious social history research institutes worldwide. It examines how work and labour relations have developed globally over time. To support its research, it collects archives and data from all over the world. The relationship between its research and its data and archive collections contributes substantially to the institute's unique nature.