Competition For N.1 Post Doc Assignment, Groups 13/Stec-01 Economic History - History Of Economics And 11/Hist-02 Modern History At “Baffi” Research Center At Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi” Di Milano

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The MOLDisTory project studies the role of merchant-bankers and the interconnection between trade and financial intermediation in early modern Europe (XVI-XVII century), using unique primary data from the archives of the Bank of San Giorgio. The holder of the Research Assignment will be in charge of the following activities. • Systematic transcription of archival sources, particularly the customs and banking sources of the Bank of San Giorgio. • Study of archival sources and their functional relationships. • Exploring machine learning techniques for handwritten text recognition. • Digitization of archival sources in collaboration with external companies and officials of the State Archives. • Assist in the writing of reports and academic papers. • Support to the MOLDisTory research team on the various tasks of the project. Where to apply Website https://jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=1009 . Requirements. Additional Information . Eligibility criteria. Eligible destination country/ies for fellows: . Italy. Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence: . EUROPE. Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies: . EUROPE. Website for additional job details https://jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=1009. <h2