Leo van Snippenburg

About Me

I am a historian with a profound interest in migration, identity, and concepts of power in premodern Europe. My academic journey began anew in 2020 when, after many years as a software developer and manager in the publishing industry, I decided to return to university to pursue my passion for history. I now hold a Research Master’s degree in Renaissance Studies from Utrecht University, specializing in early modern Italy. I am experienced in archival research, palaeography, and digital humanities tools such as Transkribus and Nodegoat. I am proficient in reading historical documents and literature in Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian.

Beyond my historical research, I bring over 30 years of experience as a software developer. During my studies and internships I inevitably dug into the field of Digital Humanities, combining my technical expertise with my academic pursuits. I developed several plug-ins for the Zotero annotation and reference tool. These plug-ins leverage Large Language Models to generate document summaries, translations, and transcribe sections of scanned, hand-written archival materials.

If you are interested in discussing custom development for your historical research project, or exploring my plug-ins and digital workflows, please do not hesitate to contact me.