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Direct access to the transcriptions via 🔗: https://t.co/N1rNjzTBj3

[Matthias van Rossum @MatthiasRossum]

And it is launched! Transcriptions of 5 mln scans are now available in our viewer via https://t.co/55ADTsOgzW Search the VOC archives 'copied letters' (OBP), and explore information it holds for colonial and local histories. Also feel free to share feedback with us @_GLOBALISE

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The role involves managing Dutch volunteers, collaborating with international scholars, and leading outreach efforts. Ideal candidates have community engagement experience, strong communication skills, and an interest in colonial and non-Western histories. Apply by 7 July.

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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Join the GLOBALISE project as a Community and Outreach Manager (0.8 FTE)! Help us empower researchers and the public to explore the early history of Dutch colonialism in Asia through VOC archives.

Full job details ⤵️
https://t.co/CMHukrXzPz

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New GLOBALISE newsletter out! In this issue announcements of two new blog posts about the development of our #thesaurus, a 📅 seminar, and new #datasets. We also share a call for interns and job openings for PhD students in a #slavery history project.
https://t.co/khqIPbMrLS

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🌏 Join us for a seminar with Maarten Draper & Sebastian Majstorovic (EUI) about the role of European 'factories' in early modern Asia and their impact on global capitalism.
📆 May 21, 2024
🕒 3 PM CEST, drinks afterwards
📍 Amsterdam
More info: https://t.co/sZWlWWZ8Xj

[IISG @IISG_Amsterdam]

🥳De @Radboud_Uni en het IISG stellen samen de bijzondere leerstoel Global Histories of Labour and Colonialism in, die per vandaag wordt vervuld door @MatthiasRossum. Lees hier meer over de projecten binnen de leerstoel! https://t.co/CwE3x7xOxV

[Matthias van Rossum @MatthiasRossum]

Today the first version of our @_GLOBALISE commodities thesaurus has been made available! https://t.co/bwVgD7rNic Thanks to the great work of especially @KW_Pepping and Henrike Vellinga. Interested? Feel free to join the data sprint on commodities in the early modern Indian Ocean

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📣 Historians & Students! Join us for a deep dive into the early modern Indian Ocean trade during a datasprint.

🗓️ Dec 4, 13-16:15, Amsterdam. Help enrich our commodity thesaurus, gain skills & make history!

Info: https://t.co/gTsCgZ0jof

@CREATE_UvA @HistoriciNL @huygens_knaw

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Je hebt nog een paar dagen om te solliciteren! Sluitingsdatum 15-10.

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We hebben een vacature voor een student-assistent! Lijkt het je leuk om bij te dragen aan onze data over personen in het VOC-gebied, je digitale vaardigheden te ontwikkelen én deel uit te maken van ons team, solliciteer dan voor 10-10. @huygens_knaw https://t.co/sskkn9BzzM

[Huygens Instituut - KNAW @huygens_knaw]

Vandaag in @trouw hoe de tot slaaf gemaakte Maria Cabbecabbe Poespas een gezicht kreeg dankzij ons project @_GLOBALISE dat 5 miljoen VOC-scans van het @NA_Archief heeft omgezet naar digitale tekst. https://t.co/9vXTtFEtMo

[Huygens Instituut - KNAW @huygens_knaw]

Vanmiddag tussen 17:30 en 18:00 uur zijn @MatthiasRossum en Lodewijk Petram namens ons project @_GLOBALISE te horen bij @NPORadio1 @nieuwsenco over de 5 miljoen VOC-scans die geHTRd zijn en morgen online komen.

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@coret @huygens_knaw @UvA_Amsterdam @VUamsterdam @IISG_Amsterdam @NA_Archief De HTR komt ook beschikbaar in PAGE XML bij een volgende versie!

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@marselykehoe @IISG_Amsterdam This event is onsite only, but we are planning to host an online event for the launch of a second version of the HTR Viewer (hopefully) this Fall! You can subscribe to our newsletter to receive updates 😊

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You are warmly invited to a GLOBALISE event to mark the first release of transcriptions of 5 million scans from the VOC archives!

October 4th, 📍IISH Amsterdam
Registration & more info: https://t.co/tgJAWtlWkd

We look forward to sharing our progress and
hearing your feedback!

[GLOBALISE @_GLOBALISE]

We hebben een vacature voor een student-assistent! Lijkt het je leuk om bij te dragen aan onze data over personen in het VOC-gebied, je digitale vaardigheden te ontwikkelen én deel uit te maken van ons team, solliciteer dan voor 10-10. @huygens_knaw https://t.co/sskkn9BzzM

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@IISG_Amsterdam @NA_Archief @CREATE_UvA @CLTLVU @KNAWHuC (6/6)

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Tomorrow is Keti Koti - a day to commemorate and celebrate the abolition of slavery in Surinam and the former Dutch Antilles. (1/6)

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For example, our transcriptions of 5 million (!) handwritten pages from the VOC archives will make it easier to find references to enslaved people. This information can then be used by the Exploring Slave Trade in Asia project @ESTA_IISG to reconstruct the Asian slave trade (5/6)