🇧🇪 Erasmus+ Internship in Belgium 📚 Digital Humanities, Metadata & Academic Publishing at Brepols Publishers 🖥️

One of the world's leading academic publishers in the humanities, a historic setting in Turnhout, and an internship that puts humanities students right at the intersection of traditional scholarship and digital technology. This Digital Opportunities Traineeship is for students who love the humanities and want to see how digital methods are transforming the field.

Brepols Publishers is a medium-sized international academic publisher specialising in research for the humanities — covering history, patristics, philology, archaeology, and art history across books, journals, reference works, and online databases. Their headquarters are located in the historic Begijnhof of Turnhout, Belgium, with additional offices in Thessaloniki, France, the UK, and the USA.

⚠️ This internship offers no financial compensation. The student must either be awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship or have the intention to apply for one. Free accommodation is provided by Brepols.

⚠️ This is a Digital Opportunities Traineeship (DOT). You must be an Erasmus+ eligible student or recent graduate from one of the 33 Programme Countries or Horizon 2020 Associated Countries. Check with your university before applying.

What Is This Role About?

Interns work closely with Brepols' team of bibliographic editors — checking metadata and assessing the quality of data extraction software used in the development of the publisher's renowned digital applications. This is a hands-on role that combines humanities expertise with digital methods in a real academic publishing environment.

Responsibilities

🗂️ Checking metadata for accuracy and consistency

🔍 Assessing the quality of data extraction software outputs

🤝 Working closely with the bibliographic editors team

📖 Contributing to the development of Brepols' digital applications in the humanities

Who Should Apply?

🔹 Currently enrolled or recently graduated with a background in Philology, History, Philosophy, Languages and Literature, or other relevant humanities fields

🔹 Very good command of English — written and spoken

🔹 Knowledge of other European languages is advantageous

🔹 Familiarity with academic citation styles

🔹 Ability to work accurately and methodically

🔹 Effective teamwork skills

🔹 Editorial experience or proofreading skills are considered advantageous

🔹 Must be an Erasmus+ eligible student — scholarship awarded or intention to apply