KNAW Humanities Cluster

About KNAW Humanities Cluster

The KNAW Humanities Cluster is an alliance of three institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). These three institutes are the Meertens Institute, the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands and the International Institute of Social History. They carry out humanities research using advanced methods, in which computer science plays an important role. The KNAW Humanities Cluster is established in October 2016.

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Het KNAW Humanities Cluster is in 2016 opgericht om samenwerking tussen drie wetenschappelijke instituten te stimuleren, met als doel het geesteswetenschappelijk onderzoek, nationaal en internationaal, te verbeteren door continue innovatie op het terrein van infrastructuur en Digital Humanities.

Keywords

• Digital Humanities
• Digital Infrastructure
• Dutch Language
• Dutch Literature
• Dutch Rituals
• History Of Science
• History Of The Netherlands
• Humanities
• International Social History
• Literature
• Research

Team by function

Based on 80 public job profiles as of 19 September 2026.

• Other / Unclassifiable17
• Research / R&D17
• Engineering / Software Development14
• Administrative / Office6
• IT / Infrastructure / Security6
• Operations6
• Marketing4
• Finance / Accounting3
• HR / People / Recruiting2
• Consulting / Advisory1
• Data / Analytics / Science1
• Design / UX1
• Product Management1
• Public Sector / Government1