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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 3d

THESE BOOKS ARE MEDICINAL
Literally lol-ed, as the kids say

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

doomscroll break

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Ian Fortified with Sexy (but spooky) Vitamins @ianfortey.bsky.social · 5d

I don't think it's hyperbole to suggest Greta Thunberg is literally, in every meaningful way, tougher & a better leader than any elected official. Every single one. Some much more than others.

Methods, policy, practicalities, those are all beside the point. You need passion, drive & humanity

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 16d

A big thank you to Nathan Cornish, Ana Margarida Dias da Silva; Maria Teresa Gonçalves, John R. Schaefer, and Gabriel Tober for getting The Connected Past in Coimbra 2025 started with their exploration of plants, gardens, and modern farming through networks!

#connectedpast #Coimbra

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 15d

A wonderful second session of talks featuring topics on the Venice Charter, Renaissance Venetian printing, and museum collections of prehistoric Australian artifacts by Claudine Houbart and Pierre-Henri Lefebvre, Emilio Cammarata, and Friederike Schmidt

#connectedpast #Coimbra #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 15d

A big thank you to our keynote speaker Fiona Coward who presented her paper 'Diversifying networks, new kinds of relationships: comparing bio-social and socio-material windows on urbanisation processes in the Bronze Age Levant' to cap-off the first day of talks

#connectedpast #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 15d

Day 2 began with intriguing papers that used network analysis to explore documentary and textual evidence from the 16th to the 20th centuries from the local to continental scale by Kristiyan Simeonov, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro. Well done everybody!

#connectedpast #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 14d

The second day of presentations continued with three talks showing outlining innovative applications of network analysis to oral histories, inter-state communication, and linguistic mobility by Jiajie Zhang, Alessio Cardillo, and Olga Solovova.

#connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 14d

The afternoon of Day 2 began with three exciting presentations exploring technological development, epistolary networks of 20th century China, and models of Bronze Age Aegean from Cristina Pattuelli, Marcus Bingenheimer, and Ray Rivers. Well done everybody!

#connectedpast #networks

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 14d

Our final session of Day 2 featured two insightful presentations on religious networks from Late Antiquity in the Near East and the early Middle Ages of Spain by Jamie Wood and Irina Barash. Thank you for such intriguing papers!

#connectedpast #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 12d

Day 3 began with three talks on material networks with talks which applied network analysis to datasets of materials recovered in the archaeological record from Bronze Age China, Iron Age Italy, and the Roman world by Yating Liao, Adrian Proestos, and Bogdan Lăpușan.

#connectedpast #archaeology

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 12d

Yet more wonderful presentations came in the second session of Day 3 covering Ancient Greek temple architecture, Hittite prosopography, and Etruscan epigraphy by George Veloudios, Lucas G. Freire, and Tom Francis. Thank you everyone!

#connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 12d

Yet more network explorations of the ancient Hittite, Italian, and Roman Dacian worlds offered unique insight into the past through pottery and mortuary finds. Thank you so much to Dylan G. Winchell, Stephen J. Smith, and Marina Musteața!

#connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 12d

The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra conference had its last session focused on Egypt with Chana Algarvio discussing iconography in the Achaemenid Empire and Hossam Hegazi and Tamer Ali presenting religious networks. Thank you and well done everyone!

#conntectedpast #Egyptology

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 10d

The Connected Past Coimbra 2025 was a resounding success. We would like to thank our speakers and our colleagues Joel, Tania, Riccardo, and Carlos who helped host the event in Coimbra. Stay tuned for updates on Connected Past events and for next year's event in Toronto, Canada!
#connectedpast

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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 9d

The Archaeology Centre will host The Grassby Lecture in Canadian Archaeology. This year, we welcome Dr. James Connolly who will give a talk titled: "Demography and the Systematics of Culture Change: Problems and Possibilities in Ontario's Late Woodland Period." See poster for details.

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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 9d

The Department of Art History and the Graduate Union of Students of Art cordially invite you to Do What You Love, the 12th Annual Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium. See poster for details.

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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 8d

The Archaeology Centre welcomes Dr. Felipe Rojas Silva who will give a talk titled: “Tightrope Walking in Roman Antiquity (dangling between archaeology and performance)". See poster for details.

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 24d

Quick reminder @thinkuhi.bsky.social UHI free online symposium: The Future of Northern & Arctic Islands 2050 and Beyond. 19/09/25 1.00pm - 5.00pm UK Time. Looking at the registrations it looks like a good turnout is on the cards.

Register tinyurl.com/2kpkrbt4

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 23d

Oh no, not more pastel de nata @theconnectedpast.bsky.social! Oh, go on then... Possibly the best-catered Connected Past event to date?!

A wooden platter covered in delicious pastel de nata, a custard tar in flaky pastry characteristic of Portugal

Table covered in delicious-loomking foods, especially cakes

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Frieda Schmidt @friedaschmidt.bsky.social · 23d

so thankful for being part of the #ConnectedPast2025 🥰

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 23d

And it was incredible to learn from Olga Solovova that the small town of Kirkenes in #Norway is a melting-pot with 70 languages!
#ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Coimbra shorturl.at/10xl3

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 23d

Yesterday we also heard from Alessio Cardillo & co. on inter-state communication dynamics and roles in the networks of the
International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation @ the #ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Portugal #Coimbra

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 24d

We love to hear a conversation about how research comes together between Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro @theconnectedpast.bsky.social in #Coimbra #ConnectedPast2025

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𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝙽𝚎𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼 @complenet.bsky.social · 26d

📢 Excited to announce CompleNet 2026! Join us to share your network science research in a highly interdisciplinary conference!

🗓️ 4–8 May 2026 | 📍 Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com

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