Jinna Smit
drs.  J.  (Jinna)  Smit


Spuistraat 134
1012 VB Amsterdam
Room: 501

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no.J.Smit1@uva.nl.no

Research project: Charters and Chancery of the Counts of Holland/Hainault, 1299-1345
This NWO-funded project is carried out by a PhD researcher at the University of Gent (Belgium) and one at the University of Amsterdam. The project started in 2006 en will be finished by 2010. Valeria Van Camp is examining the charters of Hainault while Jinna Smit is analysing the charters of Holland. By looking carefully at writing, text content and lay-out of the charters, we try to identify which persons were involved in their production. Consequently, we aspire to provide insight into the organisation of the administrative office(s) of the count, during a period in which the geographically dispersed counties of Holland and Hainaut were brought together into a personal union. Our supervisors and promotors are prof.dr.Th. de Hemptinne (UGent), prof.dr. P.C.M. Hoppenbrouwers (UvA) and dr.J.W.J. Burgers (UGent and UvA).
Biography
Born in 1974, I succesfully completed my studies in Medieval History at the University of Amsterdam (1997) and Archival Science and Management at the Archiefschool in The Hague (1999). After working at the Amsterdam City Archives and the National Archives in The Hague, I lived in Asia for four years during which I received a graduate diploma in English Literature from the National University of Singapore and ventured into Korean Language and Culture at Inje University in Gimhae (South Korea). After obtaining a Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, I taught Dutch and English in Singapore, China and South Korea. Upon returning to the Netherlands, I co-authored the following research guide for the National Archives: Michel R. Doortmont and Jinna Smit, Sources for the Mutual History of Ghana and the Netherlands (Brill 2007) (Conover-Porter Award recipient 2008). Currently I am working on fore mentioned research project at the University of Amsterdam.
I need your help!
Since my research project started, I have searched the Dutch archives (and the National Archives of the United Kingdom) for charters issued or received by the counts of Holland/Hainaut during the period 1299 until 1345. My research partner, Valeria Van Camp, did the same in Belgium (and in the Archives Nationales in France). By now, my corpus should be nearly complete. However, I am pretty sure I might have overlooked some charters. If so, please do not hesitate to notify me. Keep in mind though that the charters should meet the following requirements: they should (a) be originals, (b) issued or received by the count or his family members (c) during the period 1299-1345. When you click on the links below you will find the listings of the archives I have searched. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Duitse Orde Utrecht
Gemeentearchief Kampen
Gemeentearchief Rotterdam
Gemeentearchief Schouwen-Duiveland
Het Utrechts Archief
Hoogheemraadschap Delfland
Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland
Hoogheemraadschap Schieland
Nationaal Archief
National Archives UK
Noord-Hollands Archief
Regionaal Archief Alkmaar
Regionaal Archief Leiden
Regionaal Archief Zutphen
Regionaal Historisch Centrum Delft
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Stadsarchief Deventer
Stadsarchief Dordrecht
Streekarchief Midden-Holland
Streekarchief Noordwest-Veluwe
Zeeuws Archief
Research talks and articles

Article [forthcoming]. Axel Brink, Jinna Smit, Marius Bulacu & Lambert Schomaker, "Quill Dynamics Feature for writer identification in historical documents".

Colloquium "Vorstelijke kanselarijen en scriptoria (Xe-XIVe eeuw)", Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis, 11-12 December, 2009, Brussels. Title: "Meten is weten? De toepassing van het Groningen Intelligent Writer Identification System (GIWIS) op Hollandse kanselarij-oorkonden, 1299-1345." [Will be published in the Bulletin of the Royal Historical Commission.] For an abstract of this talk click on the link below.

International Medieval Congress, July 13th, 2009, Leeds. Title: "Per dominum comitem. Charters and Chancery of the Counts of Holland/Hainault, 1299-1345".

Research talk Department of Medieval History, University of Amsterdam, February 12th, 2009. Title: "Het onderzoek naar de oorkonden en de kanselarij van de graven van Holland/Henegouwen, 1299-1345. Stand van zaken".

Article. Title: "Was getekend: de klerken onder Willem IV, 1337-1345", Madoc 22 (2008) 2, 90-101.

VNC Seminar 2008, September 5th, Gent. Title: "Over schrijvers en andere klerken: de Hollandse grafelijke kanselarij tijdensdeHenegouwse periode, 1299-1345". For an abstract of this talk click on the link below.

Presentation Master Class buitenpromovendi (external PhD researchers), University of Amsterdam, January 25th, 2008. Title: "Oorkonden en kanselarij van de graven van Holland/Henegouwen, 1299-1345. Bronnen en methode."

VNC Workshop 2007, September 7th, Amsterdam. Title: "De grafelijke registers in Holland: het register van Willem IV, 1337-1345". For an abstract of this talk click on the link below.

Link VNC Seminar 2007
Link VNC Workshop 2008
Link Colloquium Brussel 2009
Upcoming talks
Third International MARGOT Conference "The Digital Middle Ages: Teaching and Research 2010", Barnard College, Columbia University, New York NY, June 16-17, 2010. Title: "Paleography and the Digital Middle Ages: experiences with the Groningen Intelligent Writer Identification System (GIWIS)".

The Digital Middle Ages Conference Website
Teaching

Fall semester 2007/2008: "Bronnen en Literatuur. Middeleeuwen en Renaissance".

Fall semester 2008/2009: "Bronnen en Literatuur. Middeleeuwen en Renaissance".