This hybrid round-table and workshop is co-organized between LECTIO, KU Leuven, and the University of Utrecht. Event dates: 11-12 May. Registration deadline: 30 April 2021.

Over two days, participants will have the chance to try a hands-on approach to network analysis, with a mix of practical workshops and presentations of ongoing projects (by LECTIO members). The keynote speakers will be prof. Dirk Van Miert (University of Utrecht), presenting the ERC project “Sharing Knowledge in Learned and Literary Networks – The Republic of Letters as a Pan- European Knowledge Society” and Prof. Bart Thijs (KU Leuven) on “Recognizing Patterns: the application of Deep Learning in Network Analysis”. More information below!

Programme – 11 May (Teams)

16:00-16:10

Welcome session by the workshop organizers

16:10-16:45

Margherita Fantoli, KU Leuven Institute LECTIO
Introduction to network analysis

17:00-18:00

Dirk van Miert, University of Utrecht – Keynote lecture
A network perspective of the Republic of Learning: expectations, problems, solutions, results and recommendations

Programme – 12 May (Teams & in person)

09:30-10:15

Mark Depauw, KU Leuven Institute LECTIO (fully booked*)
From relational databases to network analysis: the case of Trismegistos

10:15-11:30

Yanne Broux, KU Leuven (fully booked*)
Hands-on session: using Gephi

12:00-13:00

Bart Thijs, KU Leuven Institute Leuven.AI – Keynote Lecture
Recognizing Patterns: the application of Deep Learning in Network Analysis

For more information about the event, including registration information and abstracts of each of the talks, check out this link.

*The hands-on portions of the event are full, but it is still possible to get on a waiting list.

Starting Tuesday 9 February 2021, there will be a monthly series of interesting symposia hosted by the Centre for Early Modern Studies at the University of Limerick. While specifically organized under the guise of Early Modern History, these virtual events will be useful for people across a wide range of skill levels and periods of specialization.

To give some context, the four sessions will cover network analysis, text analysis, databases, and geographic information systems (more commonly called GIS), respectively. Obviously, while those topics are useful specifically to historians, they can also be relevant to people studying literature, or urban development, or indeed someone who is studying protest movements. So I would urge the DH Master’s students of KU Leuven and anyone else interested in these topics to register for these events!

The seminars will be held in English and include a range of scholars and library staff from Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Switzerland. Click on the link here for more information from the University of Limerick about how to register!