Please note this job opening for a PhD (3 years) at Huygens ING in Amsterdam, Netherlands: a project on the crossroads of palaeography and digital humanities.

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At the crossroads of manuscript studies and digital humanities: Opening for a PhD researcher in the project Digital Forensics

In collaboration with the International Institute for Social History, the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands has been awarded a research grant from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for the project ‘Digital forensics for historical documents. Cracking cold cases with new technology’. In this project, digital image analysis will be used to develop new ways of analysing historical script. The project runs from June 2018 – June 2021.

One of the two work packages of the project will develop a new, digital method of script analysis, aiming to bridge the gap between the palaeographical and forensic method. By combining and exploring digital image collections, we will develop a deep learning system that matches the unique characteristics of one script sample to those that are closest to it.

Partners in this project are Huygens ING, IISH, Leiden University and Microsoft.

For more information, see: https://www.huygens.knaw.nl/digital-forensics-for-historical-documents/?lang=en

For the full text of the PhD post, see: https://www.huygens.knaw.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PhD-H-ING-Digital-Script-Analysis.pdf

Contact: mariken.teeuwen@huygens.knaw.nl

Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

www.huygens.knaw.nl

Tel: +31 – 20 – 224 6906

Visiting address: Huygens ING, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam.

Mail address: Huygens ING, P.O. Box 10855, 1001 EW Amsterdam, Netherlands.