Program

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09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00	Workshop: Introduction to Nodegoat 9:00 - 12:30 (3h30) Workshop: Introduction to Nodegoat Aula S3 Geert Kessels, Pim van Bree Lunch and Badge Collection 12:30 - 13:30 (1h) Lunch and Badge Collection Welcome & Opening Remarks 13:30 - 14:00 (30min) Welcome & Opening Remarks Aula S1 HNR2026 Organizer, HNR Community Board 1–A Objects, Traces and Ancient Connectivity 1–B Testimony, Belief and Inquisition 1–C Women and Gender 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) 1–A Objects, Traces and Ancient Connectivity Aula S1 Chair–Tiziana Pasciuto › From Connoisseurship to Networks: Mobilities of Potters and Painters in South Italy Red-Figure Pottery Production (450–300 BCE) - Serino Marco, Università degli studi di Torino 14:00-14:20 (20min) › From Pyramid Town to Provincial Necropolis: Sources and Networks in Middle Kingdom Egypt - Danijela Stefanovic, University of Belgrade 14:20-14:40 (20min) › Historical Networks as Treasure Maps: Finding Relevant Sources with Aid from Attestation Networks - Lena Tambs, University of Helsinki 14:40-15:00 (20min) 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) 1–B Testimony, Belief and Inquisition Aula S2 Chair–Jean-Paul Rehr › Beyond Repression: Network Analysis and Social Dynamics in Medieval Inquisition Records - Mussinatto Roberto, Università degli Studi di Padova/Université Côte d'Azur 14:00-14:20 (20min) › From Testimony to Network: Modelling Reported Interactions in the Bologna Inquisition Register (1291–1310) - Katia Riccardo, Centre for the Digital Research of Religion, Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University 14:20-14:40 (20min) › Gender bias and endogenous dynamics of denunciations in shaping knowledge about the heterodox - Davor Salihovic, Universiteit Antwerpen 14:40-15:00 (20min) 14:00 - 15:30 (1h30) 1–C Women and Gender Aula S3 Chair–Alessandra Celati › Gendered Knowledge Production in Romantic Correspondence Networks - Elena Suárez Cronauer, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz; Aline Deicke, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, Philipps Universität Marburg 14:00-14:20 (20min) › Narrated Networks: Social Network Analysis of the Memoirs of Countess Luise Charlotte von Schwerin (1684-1732) - Selina Galka, University of Graz; Marcella Tambuscio, University of Graz 14:20-14:40 (20min) › Networks of Manuscript Production: Mapping Female Scribes and their Texts in Medieval Europe - Estelle Gueville, Yale University 14:40-15:00 (20min) Afternoon break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 15:30 - 16:00 (30min) Afternoon break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 2–B Ancient and Medieval Connectivity 2–A Surveillance, Dissent and Control 16:00 - 17:15 (1h15) 2–B Ancient and Medieval Connectivity Aula S2 Chair–TBD › Clustering Lead White References Across Graeco-Roman Genres: Visual Network Analysis from a TheSu XML Dataset - Daniele Morrone, KU Leuven 16:00-16:10 (10min) › Reassessing Ancient Connectivity in Central Italy from Fragmentary Sources: A Multiscale Uncertainty-Aware Network Model - Caterina Paola Venditti, University of Cassino & Southern Lazio, Ministry of Culture (Italy) - Superintendency for Archaeology, Fine Arts & Landscape, Provinces of Frosinone & Latina 16:10-16:20 (10min) › Exploring the Late Medieval Adriatic Wax Trade with Neo4j - Vladimir Aleksic, Free University Berlin 16:20-16:30 (10min) › From Sources to Networks. The TRACES Project and the Reconstruction of Mobility Systems from Antiquity to the Middle Ages - Caterina Paola Venditti, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio; Cristina Corsi, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio; David Gherdevich, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines–Paris Saclay 16:30-16:40 (10min) 16:00 - 17:15 (1h15) 2–A Surveillance, Dissent and Control Aula S1 Chair–Margherita Criveller › Constructing the Enemy: Network Analysis of Anti-Hussite Vocabulary in Late Medieval Diplomatic Correspondence - Aliaksandra Valodzina, Austrian Academy of Sciences 16:00-16:10 (10min) › Investigating the Resilience of Waldensian Heterodoxy in Medieval Fribourg using Social Network Analysis - Stanisław Banach, Masaryk University 16:10-16:20 (10min) › Networks under Surveillance: Source Bias and Historical Network Reconstruction in Revolutionary Iran - Misagh Depretis Javadpour, Universiteit van Amsterdam 16:20-16:30 (10min) › Watching Your Back: Identifying Organization and Movement Counter-Surveillance via FOIA Requests (1989 – 1992) - Stephanie Zhang, UCLA Sociology 16:30-16:40 (10min) HNR2026 Opening Keynote 17:30 - 18:30 (1h) HNR2026 Opening Keynote Aula S1 Scott B. Weingart HNR2026 Welcome aperitivo by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 18:30 - 19:30 (1h) HNR2026 Welcome aperitivo by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided)	3–A The Circulation of Knowledge 3–B Arts, Institutions and Actors 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) Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 10:30 - 11:00 (30min) Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 4–B Correspondences 4–A Machine Language and Historical Sources 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 () Lunch 12:30 - 14:00 (1h30) Lunch 5–A Communities and the Archive 5–B Print and Media Networks 5–C Discovering Networks in the Sources 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 Afternoon break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 15:30 - 16:00 (30min) Afternoon break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) HNR2026 Round Table: Sources to Networks 16:00 - 17:45 (1h45) HNR2026 Round Table: Sources to Networks Aula S1 Scott Weingart & discussants TBA	6–A Detecting Communities in Historical Sources 6–B Migration and Mobility 6–C Culture and the Cold War 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) Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 10:30 - 11:00 (30min) Morning break by the Roman Wall (refreshments provided) 7–A Explorations in HNR 7–B Technical Challenges in Network Analysis 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) Lunch 12:30 - 14:00 (1h30) Lunch 8–A Print Culture and Information Flow 8–B Trade and Commercial Exchange 8–C Medieval Material Culture in Circulation 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) Closing Keynote 15:30 - 16:30 (1h) Closing Keynote Aula S1 TBA Conference Closing Remarks 16:30 - 17:00 (30min) Conference Closing Remarks Aula S1 HNR

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