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

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

6–A Detecting Communities in Historical Sources

Aula S1

Chair-Aliaksandra Valodzina

› Filtering the Emperor: Communication Networks around Maximilian I (1459-1519) - Marcella Tambuscio 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› From Mentions to Modularity: Co-Occurrence Networks in Ancient Greek and Latin Texts - Evelien De Graaf, KU Leuven; Julie Nijs, KU Leuven 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› The Invisible College of Medicine in Jagiellonian Courts: The Network of Giovanni Manardo's Medical Letters - Cihan Şimşek, University of Szeged 09:40-10:00 (20min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

6–B Migration and Mobility

Aula S2

Chair-TBD

› A Spatial Network Study of Itinerant Performers' Passports in 18th- and 19th-Century France - Martin Grandjean, University of Lausanne; Johanna Daniel, Univeristé Lyon 2 Lumière/INHA 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› From the Alpine woods to Transylvania: Emigration of Italian forestry workers to Austria-Hungary(1850s-1914) - Vincenzo Colaprice, Università degli studi di Torino; Claudio Lorenzini, Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Tracing multi-religiosity and interethnic networks among Iranian communities in the Red Sea (19th-20th centuries) - Sara Zanotta, Università degli studi di Torino; Tiziana Pasciuto, Università degli studi di Torino 09:40-10:00 (20min)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

6–C Culture and the Cold War

Aula S3

Chair–Margherita Criveller

› Bankers, Businessmen and the Cultural Cold War: Networks of Transatlantic Cultural Associationism - Giulia Clarizia, Roma Tre University 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› Mapping the History of European Nuclear Fusion Cooperation: Combining Archival and Publication Data - Malte Vogl, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology; Lalli Roberto, Politecnico di Torino 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Weaving Influence: Network Dynamics of U.S. PL-480 Food Aid in Morocco during the Cold War (1957–1965) - Hanane Haichami, PhD, Independent Researcher 09:40-10:00 (20min)

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

7–A Explorations in HNR

Aula S1

Chair–Alessandra Celati

› Modeling Fragmented Prosopography: Historical Network Analysis and Archival Constraints in the 16th-century Greek Community of Venice - Eleni Makrygiorgou, Università degli Studi di Teramo 11:00-11:10 (10min)

› Networks of Order: How Austria Reconstituted Power in 1848 - Dimitra Grigoriou, Austrian Academy of Sciences 11:10-11:20 (10min)

› Networks of the “Social Question”: Republican and Catholic Reformers in Belle Époque France (1890-1920) - Giordani Tommaso, University of Venice Ca' Foscari 11:20-11:30 (10min)

› The Material Network Of Empire: Household Objects, Sociability, and Mobility in Colonial India - Rohini Panicker, Christ University 11:30-11:40 (10min)

11:00 - 12:30 (1h30)

7–B Technical Challenges in Network Analysis

Aula S2

Chair-Margherita Criveller

› Hurry Slowly - The Jesuit Catalogs Database and Obstacles to Automation - David Thomas, Boston College; Alessandro Corsi, Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies (Boston College) 11:00-11:10 (10min)

› Researching Historical-Biographical Information in Digital Scholarly Editions Through Event-Oriented Affiliation Networks - Timo Frühwirth, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Austrian Academy of Sciences 11:10-11:20 (10min)

› Studying News Coverage Through Embeddings Networks: Opportunities and Challenges for Historical Research - Martin Grandjean, University of Lausanne 11:20-11:30 (10min)

› The Feature Networks of High Medieval Writing - Celis Tittse, Utrecht University, KU Leuven Faculty of Theology 11:30-11:40 (10min)

› Unveiling Sentiment Weighted Network Analysis (SWENA) with ERGM in Ottoman-Turkish Memoirs: A Hybrid Causal Analysis - Mustafa Ilter, Izmir Institute of Technology 11:40-11:50 (10min)

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

8–A Print Culture and Information Flow

Aula S1

Chair–TBD

› Press, Power, Links and Public Spheres: Newspaper Networks in the Grand Duchy of Finland, 1867–1878 - Aytaç Yürükçü, University of Eastern Finland 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› The Flow of Information in European Book Publishing, 1500-1800 - Peeter Tinits, Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie 14:20-14:40 (20min)

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

8–B Trade and Commercial Exchange

Aula S2

Chair–TBD

› Disclosing Counterfeit Networks: The International Association of Museum Officials in Defence Against Counterfeiting and Improper Trade Practices, c. 1900 – 1945 - Jaap Geraerts, Leibniz Institute of European History; Demival Vasques Filho, University of Luxembourg 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Harmonizing Historical Trade Using Geopolitical Data: A Multilayer Network Approach to Bilateral Flows, 1830–1938 - Paul Girard, OuestWare 14:20-14:40 (20min)

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

8–C Medieval Material Culture in Circulation

Aula S3

Chair–TBD

› Mapping Monastic Networks: The TITULI Project and the Circulation of Medieval Mortuary Rolls (8th–16th c.) - Davide Gherdevich, Dynamiques patrimoniales et culturelles 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› NOMISMATA: exploring numismatic networks emerging from a source driven database - Pim van Bree, Lab1100; Geert Kessels, Lab1100 14:20-14:40 (20min)

15:30 - 16:30 (1h)

Closing Keynote

Aula S1

TBA

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Conference Closing Remarks

Aula S1

HNR

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