Biography
Ronald Sluijter studied history at Leiden University, where he obtained his doctorate in 2004 with a thesis on the organisation and finances of Leiden University in the period 1575-1812. At the Huygens Institute, he has worked on various projects since 2000, including the ‘Compendium of office holders and civil servants 1428-1861′, a database containing information on the members and highest-ranking officials of the most important Dutch representative, administrative and judicial institutions. As a member of the Data Management department, he is currently working on the REPUBLIC project, a digital edition of the resolutions of the States General from 1576 to 1796.
Research projects
Publications
- contribution to journal (article)
- contribution to journal (review)
- contribution to edited volume
- contribution to conference
- working paper
- book (editor)
- conference participation
- non textual
2023
Koolen, M. Hoekstra, R. Oddens, J. Sluijter, R. Van Koert, R. Brouwer, G. & Brugman, H. (2023). The Value of Preexisting Structures for Digital Access: Modelling the Resolutions of the Dutch States General. Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage, 16(1), 1-24. Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1145/3575864
2013
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2013). Rooms-katholieke broederschappen in Nederland in de negentiende eeuw. Betekenis, omvang en verspreiding van een onderschat fenomeen. Trajecta: Religie, Cultuur en Samenleving in de Nederlanden, 22(2), 349-378.
2016
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2016). Gerard van Roon, Macht en gewoonte in het Delftse stadsbestuur (1672-1702). Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 131(1).
2024
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2024). Een pittige tante: Maria van den Corput aan Johan de Witt: 6 oktober 1670. In I. Huysman, & R. Peeters (Eds.), Vrouwen rondom Johan de Witt (pp. 270-279). Catullus.
Hoekstra, R. Koolen, M. Oddens, J. & Sluijter, R. G. H. (2024). Structure-Derived Incremental Modeling: The Case of the Resolutions of the Dutch States General. In F. Zeilinger, R. Bleier, & J. Leeb (Eds.), Digitale Edition und vormoderner Parlementarismus / Digital Scholarly Edition and Pre-Modern Parliamentarism: Eine interdisziplinäre Annäherung an frühneuzeitlichte Quellen / An Interdisciplinary Approach to Early Modern Sources (pp. 121-141). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht.
2022
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2022). Doorluchtige Hooggeboren Vorst: Johan de Witt aan Willem III: 15 mei 1672. In I. Huysman, & R. Peeters (Eds.), Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar: een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie (pp. 83-90). Catullus.
2020
Nijenhuis, I. J. A. van Faassen, M. Sluijter, R. G. H. Gijsenbergh, J. & Jong, de, W. (2020). Information and power in history: A new historiographical approach? In Information and power in History: Towards a global approach (pp. 274-285). (Routledge Approaches to History). Routledge.
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2020). 'Tsa, tsa, déloge, déloge!': Hendrik van Deutecom aan Johan de Witt: 6 augustus 1654. In I. Huysman, R. Peeters, & J.-M. van Tol (Eds.), Johan de Witt en Frankrijk: Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie (pp. 73-80). Catullus.
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2020). Unifying the country: information-gathering by the Dutch central government in the Batavian-French period (1795-1813). In I. Nijenhuis, M. van Faassen, R. Sluijter, J. Gijsenbergh, & W. de Jong (Eds.), Information and Power in History: Towards a Global Approach (pp. 138-154). (Routledge Approaches to History; Vol. 9). Routledge.
2019
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2019). Engelse vlaggen. In I. Huysman, & R. Peeters (Eds.), Johan de Witt en Engeland: Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie (pp. 125-128). Catullus.
2018
ter Braake, S. Fokkens, A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Arthur, P. & Wandl-Vogt, E. (2018). Editorial Introduction to Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017. In S. ter Braake, A. Fokkens, R. Sluijter, P. Arthur, & E. Wandl-Vogt (Eds.), Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017: Proceedings of the Second Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017 (Vol. 2119, pp. i-ii). (Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 2119). CEUR-WS.org. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2119/preface.pdf
2015
ter Braake, S. Fokkens, A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Declerck, T. & Wandl-Vogt, E. (2015). Introduction. In Biographical Data in a Digital World 2015: Proceedings of the First Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 9, 2015. (Vol. 1399, pp. 0-0). CEUR-WS.org.
2024
Koolen, M. Renkema, E. Groskamp, N. Smit, F. Reinders, J. Sluijter, R. G. H. Hoekstra, R. & Oddens, J. (Accepted/In press). Accessing the Republic. Entity extraction from the resolutions of the Dutch States-General. Paper presented at Digital Humanities in the Benelux 2024 Conference, Leuven, Belgium.
2023
Koolen, M. Hoekstra, R. Sluijter, R. G. H. & Oddens, J. (2023). Formulas and decision-making: the case of the States General of the Dutch Republic. 772. Paper presented at Computational Humanities Research 2023, Paris, France. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3558/paper9465.pdf
Klut, S. Koert, van, R. & Sluijter, R. G. H. (2023). Laypa: A Novel Framework for Applying Segmentation Networks to Historical Documents. 67-72. Paper presented at HIP '23, San José, California, United States.
2022
Sluijter, R. G. H. Oddens, J. Hoekstra, F. G. Koolen, M. Koert, van, R. Windhouwer, M. Brugman, H. & Gordijn, F. (2022). Opening the Gates to the Dutch Republic: A Comparison between Analogue and Digital Editions of the Resolutions of the States General. 158-166. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Digital Parliamentary Data in Action (DiPaDA 2022), Uppsala, Sweden. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3133/paper11.pdf
2020
Koolen, M. Hoekstra, F. G. Nijenhuis, I. J. A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Koert, van, R. van Gelder, E. Brouwer, G. & Brugman, H. (2020). Modelling Resolutions of the Dutch States General for Digital Historical Research. Paper presented at Collect & Connect: Archives and Collections in a Digital Age. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2810/paper4.pdf
Koolen, M. Hoekstra, F. G. Koert, van, R. Nijenhuis, I. J. A. & Sluijter, R. G. H. (2020). Textual repetition and variation in the Resolutions of the States General of the Dutch Republic. Paper presented at DH Benelux 2020 - Online. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3874152
2016
Nijenhuis, I. J. A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Scherer, M. Derks, S. Ravenek, W. & Hoekstra, F. G. (2016). From Handwritten Text to Structured Data: Alternatives to Editing Large Archival Series. Paper presented at Digital Humanities 2016, Krakow, Poland. http://dh2016.adho.org/abstracts/36
2022
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2022). "Die bal was in!!". https://www.johandewitt.nl/?p=1713
2021
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2021). Delen op zijn zeventiende-eeuws. https://www.johandewitt.nl/?p=1630
2020
2020
Nijenhuis, I. J. A. van Faassen, M. Sluijter, R. G. H. Gijsenbergh, J. & Jong, W. D. (Eds.) (2020). Information and Power in History. Towards a global approach. (Routledge Approaches to History). Routledge.
2018
ter Braake, S. Fokkens, A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Arthur, P. & Wandl-Vogt, E. (Eds.) (2018). Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017: Proceedings of the Second Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2017. (Wokshop Proceedings; Vol. 2119). CEUR-WS.org. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2119/
2015
ter Braake, S. Fokkens, A. Sluijter, R. G. H. Declerck, T. & Wandl-Vogt, E. (Eds.) (2015). Biographical Data in a Digital World 2015: Proceedings of the First Conference on Biographical Data in a Digital World 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 9, 2015. (Workshop proceedings; Vol. 1399). CEUR-WS.org. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1399/
2014
Gabriëls, A. J. C. M. Huysman, E. C. M. van Kalmthout, A. B. G. M. & Sluijter, R. G. H. (Eds.) (2014). In vriendschap en vertrouwen: Cultuurhistorische essays over confidentialiteit. Verloren.
2010
Nijenhuis, I. Roelevink, J. & Sluijter, R. G. H. (Eds.) (2010). De leeuw met de zeven pijlen: Het gewest in het landelijk bestuur. Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/leeuw_pijlen/#page=0&accessor=toc&view=homePane
2024
Joris Oddens, R.G.H. Sluijter (2024). Arcana reipublicae? Ideals and Practices of Secrecy in the Representative Assemblies of the Netherlands (c. 1650-1800). 11-11-2024.
R.G.H. Sluijter (2024). Citizen Science. 09-10-2024. (Goetgevonden ende verstaen. De resoluties van de Staten-Generaal (1576-1796) digitaal ontsloten)
Nienke Groskamp, Joris Oddens, R.G.H. Sluijter (2024). Secrecy and Publicity in the Representative Assemblies of the Dutch Republic (1669-1795) and the Batavian Republic (1795-1801): A Comparative Analysis. 21-06-2024. (Universal Short Title Catalogue Conference 2024: Print in Archives)
2022
Joris Oddens, Rik Hoekstra, Femke Gordijn, Marijn Koolen, Misja Wessels, R.G.H. Sluijter (2022). Radeloze resoluties? het Rampjaar, de Staten-Generaal en het REPUBLIC-project. 22-04-2022. (Bloed, kruit en tranen)
R.G.H. Sluijter (2022). Opening the Gates to the Dutch Republic. A Comparison between Analogue and Digital Editions of the Resolutions of the States General. 15-03-2022. (Proceedings of the Digital Parliamentary Data in Action (DiPaDA 2022))
2019
R.G.H. Sluijter (2019). Republic. 11-12-2019. (Transkribus/HTR-bijeenkomst)
R.G.H. Sluijter, Rutger Koert, van (2019). Images en transcripties. 06-12-2019. (Bijeenkomst adviesraad REPUBLIC)
R.G.H. Sluijter (2019). Handwritten Text Recognition. 12-11-2019. (Images and Machine Learning)
Rutger Koert, van, Jirsi Reinders, Karin Hofmeester, Jelle van Lottum, R.G.H. Sluijter, Melvin Wevers, Irene O'Daly (2019). Meeting Image Analysis. 12-11-2019.
R.G.H. Sluijter (2019). Presentatie website. 21-06-2019. (Presentatie P.C. Hoofts Nederlandsche Historien
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2017
R.G.H. Sluijter (2017). Biography Portal of the Netherlands. 22-05-2017. (Toward a Global Infrastructure for Biographical Research)
R.G.H. Sluijter (2017). Information and Power in History. 16-03-2017. (Information and Power in History)
R.G.H. Sluijter (2017). Unifying the Country. Requests for Information in the Batavian-French Period (1795-1813). 16-03-2017. (Information and Power in History)
2016
R.G.H. Sluijter (2016). Project pilot States-General. 13-06-2016. (Voorlichting projecten Huygens ING voor medewerkers Nationaal Archief)
2015
R.G.H. Sluijter (2015). Introduction to the Resolutions of the Staten-Generaal. 27-11-2015. (Workshop Automated Handwritten Text Recognition Transkribus and the ‘Resolutions of the Dutch States-General’)
2012
R.G.H. Sluijter (2012). 4400 broederschappen, is dat alles, en wat heb je eraan?. 25-05-2012. (Presentatie van de databank ‘Rooms-katholieke religieuze broederschappen in Nederland de 19e eeuw', Den Haag)
R.G.H. Sluijter (2012). Report on the Netherlands. 04-02-2012. (International Workshop for the Organisation of the Research Project 'Reputational elites in small European nation states (19-20th centuries)', Budapest)
2011
R.G.H. Sluijter (2011). Digitale Bibliografie Nederlandse Geschiedenis. 17-03-2011. (4th conference on European Historical Bibliographies, Munich)
2022
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2022). Doorluchtige Hooggeboren Vorst: Johan de Witt aan Willem III: 15 mei 1672. Digital or Visual Products, Catullus. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Kk6bQ5bwYF8Q78rJluiSL
2019
Hoekstra, F. G. Sluijter, R. G. H. Krüger, J. Becker, D. & Alberts, G. (Eds.) (2019). Biografisch Woordenboek Nederlandse Wiskundigen. Website http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/BWNW
2012
Sluijter, R. G. H. (2012). Rooms-katholieke religieuze broederschappen in Nederland in de 19e eeuw. Database http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/Broederschappen