HNR2026: The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 (Turin, Italy)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

3–A The Circulation of Knowledge

Aula S1

Chair–Alessandra Celati

› “Nourished Among the Foremost Men”: An Inquiry into Grosseteste's Intellectual Background - Matthieu Statius, Théologie catholique et sciences religieuses 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› One Problem at a Time: Exploring the Network of Edo Japan's Mathematicians with Sangaku - Antonia Karaisl, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› The BorGal project. What's next? - Federica Favino, Università degli Studi di Roma 09:40-10:00 (20min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

3–B Arts, Institutions and Actors

Aula S2

Chair–Tiziana Pasciuto

› Navigating Institutional Archives of Suisse Romande Architecture Competitions - Clay Foye, EPFL, University of Zurich; Paul Guhennec, EPFL, University of Zurich 09:30-09:50 (20min)

› Network Analysis for Historical Music Research: Deep-Mapping Musical Space in Milan (1958–1962) - Martin Nicastro, Università degli Studi di Pavia 09:50-10:10 (20min)

› Politics behind the Score: The Institutionalization of the São Paulo Municipal Symphony Orchestra - Breno Ampáro, Instituto de Artes, UNESP 10:10-10:30 (20min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

4–B Correspondences

Aula S2

Chair–Tiziana Pasciuto

› Caesurae and Continuities: A Qualitative-Quantitative Analysis of a Correspondence Network between 1882–1926 - Manuel Schmidinger, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck 11:00-11:10 (10min)

› From Letters to Networks: Historical Network Analysis of Dutch Brazil through the ePistolarium - Marlon Alcantara, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Ensino de Ciências, Instituto Federal do Sudeste de Minas Gerais 11:10-11:20 (10min)

› Reconstructing Visibility through Archival Sources: Grazia Pierantoni Mancini's Epistolary Networks - Aurora Sturli, University of Cambridge 11:20-11:30 (10min)

› St. Petersburg Literacy Committee: Bipartite Networks of 1885 Correspondence - Anna Britanova, European University at Saint Petersburg 11:30-11:40 (10min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

4–A Machine Language and Historical Sources

Aula S1

Chair–Jean-Paul Rehr

› “From Bibliography to Network: Mapping the Contemporary Field of Leigh Hunt Studies (1987–2025)” - Michael Sinatra, Université de Montréal 11:00-11:10 (10min)

› Integrating Generative LLMs into the Study of Middle-Period Chinese Elites - Song Chen, Bucknell University 11:10-11:20 (10min)

› Metadata as Epistemic Devices: Towards Weak Semantic Networks in Digital Archives - Manfredi Scanagatta, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia 11:20-11:30 (10min)

› Reconstructing Early Red Cross Communication Networks: LLM-Assisted Analysis of the Bulletin International (1884–1914) - Riccardo Aramini, Università degli studi di Torino 11:30-11:40 (10min)

› Strings that tie: Network modeling and interactive visualization of musical instrument makers in Valdrighi's Nomocheliurgografia - Federico Filippi Prévost de Bord, Università degli studi di Genova 11:40-11:40 ()

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 (1h30)

5–A Communities and the Archive

Aula S1

Chair-Tiziana Pasciuto

› Hidden voices in the archive: African agency and missionary networks in Gold Coast - Pietro Fasola, Università degli Studi di Firenze 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Mapping Academic Exile: A Multi-Layer Network Model of German Refugee Scholars in Türkiye (1933–1955) - Seyma Aksoy, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› The Voices and Networks of ‘Soybean-Pioneers' in Austria Since the 1950s. Conceptual and Methodological Reflections on Interviews in Historical Network Analysis. - Gabriel Tober, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 14:40-15:00 (20min)

14:00 - 15:30 (1h30)

5–B Print and Media Networks

Aula S2

Chair–TBD

› Echoes from the Periphery: Modelling Media Networks of the 1969 Apollo Landing in Authoritarian Portugal - Prezado Rafael, Universidade de Évora 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Visual Network Analysis of Flemish Literary Periodicals (1966-1969): Tracing Literary Dynamics Beyond the Establishment - Underground Dichotomy - Jan Lampaert, Universiteit Gent 14:20-14:40 (20min)

14:00 - 15:30 (1h30)

5–C Discovering Networks in the Sources

Aula S3

Chair–TBD

15:30 - 16:00 (30min)

Afternoon break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided)

16:00 - 17:45 (1h45)

HNR2026 Round Table: Sources to Networks

Aula S1

Scott Weingart & discussants TBA

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