GLOBALISE project
@globalise.bsky.social
Bringing the history of early globalisation and colonialism at the fingertips of researchers and the wider public. More info: https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/.
Participants in the 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 on 30 September explored the Transcriptions Viewer, Word2Vec model, and datasets, and shared their findings on the interactive board Miro. With thanks to 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹, 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗽 and other contributors who wish to remain unnamed.
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Participants in the 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 on 30 September explored the Transcriptions Viewer, Word2Vec model, and datasets, and shared their findings on the interactive board Miro. With thanks to 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹, 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗽 and other contributors who wish to remain unnamed.
𝗟𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 and 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼 contributed a poster presentation and led a workshop at the 𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 in Växjö, Sweden (10-12 September). They shared how 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 and the Dutch East India Company archives can open up new avenues for global and transnational histories.
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
𝗟𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 and 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼 contributed a poster presentation and led a workshop at the 𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 in Växjö, Sweden (10-12 September). They shared how 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 and the Dutch East India Company archives can open up new avenues for global and transnational histories.
On 4 September, participants in the 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 worked with 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀 to create new ground truth for VOC records with lists and tables. 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗿 spoke about gifts and gift-giving, 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗷𝗺𝗮𝗻 discussed shipping lists, while 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 shared about food in the archives.
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
On 4 September, participants in the 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 worked with 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀 to create new ground truth for VOC records with lists and tables. 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗿 spoke about gifts and gift-giving, 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗷𝗺𝗮𝗻 discussed shipping lists, while 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 shared about food in the archives.
2/2: Our lightning talk speakers Li Yichao, Bart van Duijvenbode, Rosalie Oudshoorn and Satrio Dwicahyo shared meaningful insights about researching the Dutch East India Company archives, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges of digitisation. Q&A moderated by Pichayapat Naisupap.
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2/2: Our lightning talk speakers Li Yichao, Bart van Duijvenbode, Rosalie Oudshoorn and Satrio Dwicahyo shared meaningful insights about researching the Dutch East India Company archives, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges of digitisation. Q&A moderated by Pichayapat Naisupap.
1/2: On Tuesday, colleagues from GLOBALISE, Necessary Reunions and @combattingbias.bsky.social presented in a lunchtime webinar, with fruitful discussions amongst speakers and the audience. Speakers: Lodewijk Petram, Manjusha Kuruppath, Leon van Wissen, Amber Zijlma, and Mrinalini Luthra.
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
1/2: On Tuesday, colleagues from GLOBALISE, Necessary Reunions and @combattingbias.bsky.social presented in a lunchtime webinar, with fruitful discussions amongst speakers and the audience. Speakers: Lodewijk Petram, Manjusha Kuruppath, Leon van Wissen, Amber Zijlma, and Mrinalini Luthra.
Our first user panel meeting: ✅
We discussed research methods & dealing with the language, context and structure of an early modern colonial archive.
We also got to play with markers to manually annotate events and entities in a 1674 missive!
We discussed research methods & dealing with the language, context and structure of an early modern colonial archive.
We also got to play with markers to manually annotate events and entities in a 1674 missive!
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our first user panel meeting: ✅
We discussed research methods & dealing with the language, context and structure of an early modern colonial archive.
We also got to play with markers to manually annotate events and entities in a 1674 missive!
We discussed research methods & dealing with the language, context and structure of an early modern colonial archive.
We also got to play with markers to manually annotate events and entities in a 1674 missive!
New blog post! Stella Verkijk writes about the takeaways of our first experiments with events and frames annotation in VOC texts: https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/automatic-event-detection-in-early-modern-dutch-voc-documents-the-annotation-phase/
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New blog post! Stella Verkijk writes about the takeaways of our first experiments with events and frames annotation in VOC texts: https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/automatic-event-detection-in-early-modern-dutch-voc-documents-the-annotation-phase/
Want to know more about why we create reference datasets in the GLOBALISE project and how we go about that? New blog post by Manjusha Kuruppath is up: https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/rediscovering-early-modern-polities-first-thoughts-on-dataset-creation/
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Want to know more about why we create reference datasets in the GLOBALISE project and how we go about that? New blog post by Manjusha Kuruppath is up: https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/rediscovering-early-modern-polities-first-thoughts-on-dataset-creation/
Presentation by @gerharddekok during our first (pilot) seminar on entity linking & historical data yesterday. Up next: "Entity Modelling and Historical Observations" with @Bondage_Asia and Leon van Wissen on 27 June 2022. Register via https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/347053565557.
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Presentation by @gerharddekok during our first (pilot) seminar on entity linking & historical data yesterday. Up next: "Entity Modelling and Historical Observations" with @Bondage_Asia and Leon van Wissen on 27 June 2022. Register via https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/347053565557.
Our four work package leaders presenting the lessons and conclusions from the very inspiring breakout discussion sessions. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our four work package leaders presenting the lessons and conclusions from the very inspiring breakout discussion sessions. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
After a delicious lunch, @MatthiasRossum and Lodewijk explained the aim of the project and showed the first results of the project after four months.
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
After a delicious lunch, @MatthiasRossum and Lodewijk explained the aim of the project and showed the first results of the project after four months.
Today, we have the GLOBALISE kick off for those associated with the project at the @IISG_Amsterdam!
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Today, we have the GLOBALISE kick off for those associated with the project at the @IISG_Amsterdam!