COMPETITION FORPOST DOC ASSIGNMENT, GROUPS 13/SECONOMIC HISTORY

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Organisation/Company Bocconi University Research Field History » Economic history Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 16 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

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.

- Italy

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

- EUROPE

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