The HNR Community is pleased to share the call for papers for  “The Connected Past 2026“.  The conference will be hold in Toronto, ON Canada, on September 22-25, 2026.

“The organizing committee invites scholars to submit abstracts for papers or a poster session that explore network science and theory within archaeology and historical fields. We encourage people to engage both computational models and qualitative reasoning within their discussions and consider the subgenres of network studies suggested below. We are very interested to hear how people incorporate different methodological and theoretical parameters into their research.

Topics cover but are not limited to:

• Exploring the intersection of past spatial and social networks
• Analysing change over time through networks

• Dealing with incomplete data within network science
• Conversations around the role and relevance of networks in digital humanities
• Past mobility and connectivity
• Co-occurrence of network methods and theory
• The integration of multivariate methods within network studies
• Communities of practice as viewed through network theory and the theory of networks
• Teaching networks or network applications in historical and archaeological contexts

As this year will also feature a poster session, please indicate in your submissions if you are interested in presenting a paper or poster.

We look forward to hearing about innovative computational network methods and though them, how humanistic, practical considerations are reflected.

Submissions

Please send your abstract submissions (max 250 words) for individual papers or posters to: theconnectedpast2026@gmail.com by March 15th, 2026.

Also visit https://connectedpast.net/ for updates and to learn more about The Connected Past. “