The Huygens Institute aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive. It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure.
The Huygens Institute aims to enable people who are connected to Dutch history and culture to responsibly assign value to the historical and cultural heritage in this country. As such, the institute also aims to make Dutch history and culture more inclusive.
It also provides access to primary source material and text editions on which to base further analytical and interpretive research. In addition, the Huygens Institute takes the lead in developing innovative methods, tools and sustainable digital infrastructure. Sources made available by the institute include the Resolutions of the Dutch States General and the General Missives of the Dutch East India Company VOC. The literary texts that it has assembled include the complete works of W.F. Hermans and works by Erasmus.
The Huygens Institute is the lead institute in CLARIAH+, the Netherlands’ digital humanities infrastructure. The institute cooperates with the International Institute of Social History (IISH) and the Meertens Institute in the Academy’s Humanities Cluster (HuC).
