Our Interlocked Universe

'Our Interlocked Universe': Sociohistorical Network Analysis; Methods, Applications and New Directions

‘Our Interlocked Universe’ is an interdisciplinary conference exploring the methods and applications of social network analysis (SNA) within historical contexts, offering scope to engage with demonstrations – both quantitative and qualitative – of historical SNA in practice alongside methodological discussions around the uses and limitations associated with using SNA in historical research. The event will be structured around themed panels and a keynote speaker.

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Course Description

Topics that we anticipate our panels to cover include:

●      Working with network data

●      Network centrality

●      Community detection

●      Network evolution

●      Data visualisation

●      Modelling/simulating networks

●      Combining network analysis with other methodologies (e.g. GIS, linguistics etc.)

By the end of the course participants will:

●      Develop a more rounded understanding of network analysis within historical research

●      Engage with a growing international community of network analysis scholars