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The Connected Past 2017

August 24, 2017 Bournemouth University (UK)

The Connected Past 2017: The Future of Past Networks?

August 24-25th 2017
Bournemouth University (UK)

August 22-23rd 2017 Practical Networks Workshop

The Connected Past 2017 is a multi-disciplinary, international two-day conference that aims to provide a friendly and informal platform for exploring the use of network research in the study of the human past.

It will be preceded by a two-day practical workshop offering hands-on experience with a range of network science methods.

Deadline call for papers: May 21, 2017
Notification of acceptance: May 29, 2017

Conference registration (includes coffee breaks and lunch): £35
Workshop registration (includes coffee breaks): £20

Keynotes: Eleftheria Paliou and discussant Chris Tilley (tbc)
Organisers: Fiona Coward, Anna Collar & Tom Brughmans

Call for Papers
Five years have passed since the first Connected Past conference (Southampton 2012) brought together scholars working in archaeology, history, physics, mathematics and computer science to discuss how network methods, models and thinking might be used to enhance our understanding of the human past. Much has happened in these intervening years: applications of network analysis have expanded rapidly; a number of collected volumes dealing explicitly with network analysis of the past have been published (e.g. The Connected Past, OUP 2016; Special Issue of the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 2015; Network Analysis in Archaeology, OUP 2013); and several dedicated groups of scholars are thriving, including the Connected Past itself which hosted conferences in Paris and London, but also the Historical Network Research group, Res-Hist and others. The Connected Past 2017 will provide an opportunity to take stock of the developments of the past five years and to discuss the future of network research in archaeology and history. How will new network models, methods and thinking shape the ways we study the past?

We welcome submissions of abstracts that address the challenges posed by the use of or apply network approaches in historical/archaeological research contexts, welcoming case studies drawn from all periods and places. Topics might include, but are not limited to:

●        Missing and incomplete data in archaeological and historical networks
●        Networks, space and place
●        Network change over time
●        What kinds of data can archaeologists and historians use to reconstruct past networks and what kinds of issues ensue?
●        Categories in the past vs categories in our analysis: etic or emic, pre-determined or emergent?
●        Formal network analysis vs qualitative network approaches: pros, cons, potential, limitations

Please submit your abstract limited to 250 words before midnight (GMT) of May 21st 2017 to connectedpast2017@gmail.com

NB. If there is sufficient demand, we will endeavour to organise a crêche for delegates’ children (under 3). An extra fee may be payable for this, although fee-waivers may be available in certain circumstances. Further details would be provided in due course. In order to allow us to assess demand, please let us know in advance if this would be useful for you.

Archaeological networks and social interaction. Towards an application of network analysis and network concepts in social archaeology, EAAA2017

September 3, 2017 Maastricht

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Dear all,

For our upcoming session at the annual conference of the European Association of Archaeologists, August 30th- September, 3rd 2017 in Maastricht (NL) (see the conference website: http://www.eaa2017maastricht.nl), we have a few slots available in our session:

Archaeological networks and social interaction. Towards an application of network analysis and network concepts in social archaeology

The key note lecture for the session will be given by CARL KNAPPETT.

The session's format is "discussion session", which means that the participants read the key note paper, that will be made available ca. one month before the conference takes place, and the participants next engage in their own presentation with the issues outlined in the key note paper.

We are seeking contributions that present a case study which applies formal network analysis to study social interaction in the past (see the session's full abstract below). We are especially interested in studies on the margins of the Classical World/late Antique/Medieval or early modern contexts in or outside Europe.

If you are interested in participating please send an abstract of ca. 500 words plus a short cv listing your most important recent publications to both lieve.donnellan@gmail.com and owain.morris1@gmail.com BEFORE MARCH 1st 2017 (late submissions will not be considered).

Please note that the session will be published afterwards and that we are seeking original and unpublished work.

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SESSION ABSTRACT:

Archaeological networks and social interaction. Towards an application of network analysis and network concepts in social archaeology.

Formal network analysis has been increasingly applied during the last decade in archaeology, and made important contributions to understanding a variety of regional phenomena and inter-site interaction. Archaeological sites or contexts form natural nodes and allow 1 for a relatively easy conceptualisation of a research question in network terms. However, as acknowledged in one of the latest major contributions to network analysis in archaeology,2 network studies that focus on interaction between individuals or groups of people, rather than sites or settlements are much more scarce. Most current archaeological network analysis is either spatial in nature, or has a major spatial component in its analysis. Archaeology is, of course, as much a social science as it is a discipline that studies past uses of space and landscape. We claim that, with regards the former , the potential of network analysis to contribute to the study of past societies, past social interaction and social change has not yet been fully explored. We aim to fill the gap by discussing how network analysis can contribute to understanding past human societies. The use of formal network approaches to study larger datasets, e.g necropoleis, settlements, or cultic contexts, allows a move away from the typochronological focus that has dominated archaeology.
However, interaction between humans and of humans with their material world is more complex and cannot be plotted as easily on a map as is normally done for artefact distributions. Assumptions about the meaning of material culture and its role in society need to be made, in order to study the meaning of changes behind their particular configurations.
This session explores the theoretical and practical aspects of using network analysis for studying past human societies, social interaction, power, and social change. Contributors discuss what social questions they are trying to address, what datasets they use, how they translate them into a network, and what conclusions they draw from the analysis of the network. The goal of the session is to pre-discuss contributions that, after revision based on the feedback during the session, will constitute a book - to be published with an international publishing house.

11. Trierer Summer School on Social Network Analysis

September 11, 2017 Trier

Die „Trierer Summer School on Social Network Analysis“ findet dieses Jahr vom 11. bis 16. September 2017 (Mo.-Sa.) an der Universität Trier statt. Die Veranstaltung bietet in einem einwöchigen Intensivkurs eine umfassende Einführung in die theoretischen Konzepte, Methoden und praktischen Anwendungen der Sozialen Netzwerkanalyse. Sie besteht aus zwei aufeinander aufbauenden Modulen sowie mehreren zusätzlichen Workshops zur qualitativen und quantitativen Netzwerkanalyse. Zudem bieten die DozentInnen individuelle Forschungsberatungen an. Die 11. Trierer Summer School ist als Einsteigerkurs konzipiert. Sie ist für WissenschaftlerInnen aller Fachgebiete offen, jedoch richtet sie sich vor allem an Promovierende der geistes-, kultur- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Fächer, die sich mit der Analyse sozialer Strukturen beschäftigen und Einblick in die Methoden der Sozialen Netzwerkanalyse (SNA) nehmen möchten. Auch Studierende, die kurz vor ihrer Diplom-/Master-/Magisterarbeit stehen und methodisch mit der SNA arbeiten wollen, sind willkommen.

Session archaeological networks at CAA 2017 Atlanta

October 14, 2017

Apologies for cross-posting.

The annual Computer Applications and Quantitative methods in Archaeology (CAA) conference will take place in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). We invite abstracts for presentations in our session "Archaeological Networks: Uncertainty, Missing Data, and Statistical Inference". The abstract and submission link are included below. Please join us for what we hope will be an informative and productive session covering an important issue facing all of us interested in applying network methods to archaeological data. Feel free to pass this abstract along to others who may be interested in participating.

Where? Georgia State University: Atlanta, GA
When? March 14th-16th 2017

Call for papers open until Oct. 28th 11:59PM EDT

Link to paper submission page:
http://ocs.caaconference.org/index.php?conference=caa&schedConf=caa2017&page=schedConf&op=cfp

Archaeological Networks: Uncertainty, Missing Data, and Statistical Inference

Organized by Tom Brughmans and Matt Peeples

Empirical studies of networks based on archaeological data are on a rapid rise. So far, the adoption of network methods from other fields has outpaced the development of new techniques and heuristics for dealing with the sometimes peculiar qualities of archaeological network data. Key among the issues faced by archaeologists interested in using networks are the impact of uncertainty and missing data on the properties of the networks we generate. We often must build networks based on an incomplete universe of nodes (because our units of analysis lack current archaeological information or have been destroyed) as well as incomplete information about the nodes we do have (due to sampling issues, different recording conventions, etc.). Further, we often have no consistent way to estimate how much information we are missing. The prevalence of such known unknowns and unknown unknowns suggest that we must carefully temper inferences drawn from networks defined using archaeological data. Importantly, all hope is not lost and these challenges are not unique to archaeology or network data alone. In this session, we ask contributors to explore the potential impact of missing data on empirical archaeological networks and/or test tools and approaches for identifying robust patterns in archaeological networks despite such challenges. Approaches may include, for example, the use of probabilistic estimates and sensitivity analysis already popular in many other areas of archaeological statistical analysis such as seriation or methods specific to network data drawing on the large body of research focused on estimating the shape and properties of so called "dark" networks (common in studies of covert organizations, epidemiology, and infectious disease). In addition, this session welcomes archaeological applications of network methods in general.

CFP: Transnationale Schweiz: Netzwerke paramilitaerischer Gewalt im 20. Jahrhundert. Nachwuchsworkshop Militaergeschichte

November 10, 2017 Zurich

From: Adrian Hänni <adrianh@gmx.ch>
Date: 18.04.2017
Subject: CFP: Transnationale Schweiz: Netzwerke paramilitärischer
Gewalt im 20. Jahrhundert. Nachwuchsworkshop
Militärgeschichte - Zürich 11/17
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Dr. Adrian Hänni (FernUni Schweiz), Daniel Rickenbacher (ETH Zürich),
Thomas Schmutz (Universität Zürich), Dr. des. Fritz Kälin (Universität
Zürich)
10.11.2017, Zürich, ETH Zürich/Universität Zürich
Deadline: 01.07.2017

Paper Proposals: Senden Sie einen Arbeitstitel, einen Abstract von
200-400 Wörtern und einen kurzen CV an adrian@adrianh.ch.

Deadline: 1. Juli 2017

Politische Gewalt und Bedrohungen für die staatliche Sicherheit sind
häufig nicht mehr durch den klassischen Dualismus "militärische Invasion
von aussen" oder "Rebellion/Revolution im Inneren" charakterisiert,
sondern gehen vielmehr oft von transnationalen paramilitärischen
Netzwerken aus. Das gilt nicht nur in Bezug auf die medial sehr präsente
Gefahr durch dschihadistischen Terrorismus. Auch an sich traditionelle
Mächte wie Russland üben Gewalt ausserhalb des eigenen Territoriums
nicht nur durch reguläre Streitkräfte, sondern zunehmend durch
transnationale, paramilitärische Strukturen aus, wie sich beim
Waffengang in der Ostukraine deutlich gezeigt hat. Auch wenn sich hier
ein Trend im 21. Jahrhundert zu akzentuieren scheint, spielten
transnationale paramilitärischen Netzwerke bereits im 20. Jahrhundert
eine bedeutende Rolle als Akteure politischer Gewalt. Die formal
neutrale Schweiz nahm für diese Netzwerke immer wieder eine zentrale
Rolle ein als Ort für Organisation, Nachschub, Propaganda, Diplomatie
und gelegentlich auch als Gewaltschauplatz.

Im Hinblick auf ein besseres Verständnis aktueller Formen politischer
Gewalt und (para-)militärischer Bedrohungslagen bietet sich deshalb eine
historische Analyse an. Der Workshop soll sowohl anhand konkreter
Fallstudien als auch durch eine abschliessende Syntheseleistung vertieft
die Strukturen und Wirkungsweisen transnationaler paramilitärischer
Netzwerke untersuchen, die im 20. Jahrhundert in der Schweiz wirksam
waren. Dazu suchen wir Forschungsprojekte, die sich in irgendeiner Form
mit dem Workshop-Thema auseinandersetzen. Insbesondere sind wir an
Beiträgen zu folgenden Themenfeldern interessiert:

1) Emigranten und Exildissidenten, die in der Schweiz Knotenpunkte von
paramilitärischen Netzwerken gebildet haben.
(Beispiele sind russische Anarchisten beziehungsweise
Sozialrevolutionäre und Jungtürken zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, mit
dem FLN verbundene Algerier und dann Palästinenser in der Zeit des
Kalten Kriegs, oder Albaner im Umkreis der UCK in den 1990er Jahren.)

2) Schweizer Akteure - Organisationen, Institutionen, Einzelpersonen -
die in transnationale paramilitärische Netzwerke integriert waren.
(Beispiele sind Unterstützungsnetzwerke für die terroristische OAS
während des Algerienkriegs, für militante Palästinenser ab den späten
1960er Jahren oder für linksrevolutionäre "Stadtguerillas" in
Deutschland und Italien in den 1970er/1980er Jahren.)

3) Transnationale paramilitärische Netzwerke, die in der Schweiz Gewalt
gegen Exildissidenten bzw. politische Gegner ausübten.
(Beispiele sind die Anschläge der Main Rouge gegen Unterstützer des
algerischen Unabhängigkeitskampfes oder später die Attentate auf
rumänische Dissidenten, verübt von einer militanten Organisation im
Solde des rumänischen Geheimdienstes, der auch Schweizer angehörten.)

Neben der Besprechung empirischer Erkenntnisse bietet die Tagung den
zusammenkommenden Nachwuchswissenschaftlern ausserdem Gelegenheit,
verschiedene qualitative und quantitative Ansätze zur Erforschung
transnationaler paramilitärischer Beziehungsnetze, wie etwa die in der
Historiographie bislang noch wenig ein-gesetzte Soziale Netzwerkanalyse,
zu diskutieren und sich über spezifische Probleme bei der Recherche und
Analyse von Quellenmaterial zu transnationalen politischen Akteursnetzen
auszutauschen.

Der Workshop wird finanziell unterstützt vom Arbeitskreis
Militärgeschichte (AKM). Es steht ein Budget für Reisekostenzuschüsse
zur Verfügung; insbesondere Doktoranden können die Reisekosten erstattet
werden. Mittagessen und Verpflegung während des Workshops sind für die
Teilnehmer kostenlos.

Für weitergehende Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an die Organisatoren:
Adrian Hänni (adrianh@adrianh.ch) und Daniel Rickenbacher
(daniel.rickenbacher@milak.ethz.ch).

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FernUni Schweiz
Ueberlandstrasse 12, CH-3900 Brig
+41763831127

adrian@adrianh.ch

Persönliche Webseite <http://www.adrianh.ch>

URL zur Zitation dieses Beitrages
<http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=33915>

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