Student Research Assistant: Global Slave Trade Data & Archives

KNAW (Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen); Amsterdam; Presencial; EUR 33 000 - 40 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

The Student Assistant role at IISG-KNAW in Amsterdam supports the ESTA database project by entering and curating data on slave trade, collecting digital sources, and creating transcriptions of colonial archival material in multiple languages. You will work within a research team, gaining experience in historical methods and data handling.

We seek an independent, motivated student with English and some Portuguese or Spanish, and familiarity with archival materials.

Qualificações

• University student pursuing a BA in History or related discipline.
• Familiarity with early modern archival handwritten sources and slave trade history.
• Some experience with data work and transcription tasks.

Responsabilidades

• Enter and curate data on slave trade, actors, and business in the ESTA database.
• Collect and organize digital source materials.
• Create ground truth transcriptions and layouts for Spanish, Portuguese and English archival material.
• Annotate for entity and event detection.
• Assist in organizing project events and other tasks.

Conhecimentos

Data entry

Transcription

English

Portuguese

Spanish

Dutch

Excel

Formação académica

BA in History

Ferramentas

Excel

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Student Assistant role at IISG-KNAW in Amsterdam supports the ESTA database project by entering and curating data on slave trade, collecting digital sources, and creating transcriptions of colonial archival material in multiple languages. You will work within a research team, gaining experience in historical methods and data handling.

We seek an independent, motivated student with English and some Portuguese or Spanish, and familiarity with archival materials.