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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · 3d

CFP: Historical Network Research conference 2026 in Turin, Italy! (deadline Dec. 1 2025) historicalnetworkresearch.org/cfp-hnr2026-...
HNR looks forward to meeting colleagues from Italy and beyond who are involved in the analysis of historical networks.

CFP: HNR2026 in Turin, 20-22 July (deadline 1 December)

Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026 The Historical Network Research community is very pleased to announce the call for papers for the Historical Networks Research conferen…

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Impresso Project @impresso.bsky.social · 25d

📣 CfP: Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?
The Impresso project is pleased to invite you to participate in its next conference, to be held in Lausanne in June 2026!
📆 The call is open until November 10, 2025
👉 Find out more here: impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

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Richard Legay @richardlegay.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great Call for Papers for #media historians working on #radio & #magazines! 📻📰
The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions.
L'appel est aussi disponible en français.
impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

Homepage | Radio and Newspapers Conference 2026

Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Sep 4

CALL FOR PAPERS: Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?
The @impresso.bsky.social is pleased to invite you to participate in its next conference @unil.bsky.social in June 2026!
Call open until November 10, 2025. Find out more here 👉 impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

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Florian Windhager @windhagr.bsky.social · Jun 4

VIS4DH is back at @ieeevis.bsky.social, November 2025 in Vienna! Find the Call for Papers here, focusing on the Visualization of Conflict and Peace: vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Apr 22

Mardi 29 avril, le Centre NUCLEUS (@unil.bsky.social) a le plaisir de recevoir Michael Sinatra pour un état des lieux du champ des humanités numériques et un partage des expériences menées dans le centre qu'il dirige à Montréal !

Bienvenue à toutes et tous: www.unil.ch/events/17453...

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Apr 2

"Geneva's Press and Radio Microcosm and the League of Nations in the Interwar Period"

My short paper for the "Transmedia History" conference, a brief overview of studies still to be carried out on these issues. PDF here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Undated photographs of the Radio-Nations station in Prangins.

"Broadcast of Manchurian Report Proved Value of "Radio-Nations" at Geneva", New York Times, 26 February 1933, p.X10. The technical feat is celebrated with a photograph of the Prangins station.

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Apr 2

"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" - The Book of Abstracts of the @unil.bsky.social/@impresso.bsky.social conference is now online!

Read the post here: impresso-project.ch/news/history...
Or go directly to the PDF on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Mar 28

Postdoc position: Join @impresso.bsky.social (Luxembourg)!

Impresso Project @impresso.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Digital History! Join our Luxembourg-based team for a 21-month Postdoctoral Researcher position. If interested, or know someone who might be, you can learn more and find the link to apply here 👉 impresso-project.ch/news/2025/03...

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Impresso Project @impresso.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Digital History! Join our Luxembourg-based team for a 21-month Postdoctoral Researcher position. If interested, or know someone who might be, you can learn more and find the link to apply here 👉 impresso-project.ch/news/2025/03...

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Impresso Project @impresso.bsky.social · Mar 26

📣 Impresso is now live on Bluesky !
An interdisciplinary project exploring historical newspapers and radio archives through machine learning—across time, languages & borders.
Follow us here for research updates, tools & collaborations.
🔗 Visit our homepage & explore the app: impresso-project.ch

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LostMa ERC @lostma.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣 Job offers
We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪
Deadline: 31 March 2025

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Marcella Tambuscio @marcella-tambuscio.bsky.social · Feb 4

Historical Network Research (HNR) is organizing HISTONET, a satellite event at @netsciconf.bsky.social to connect with the community of network scientists! #hnr
The call for papers is open until February 15th!
Details can be found here:
historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/netsci-maast...

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 21

"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies"

The conference program is now online! impresso.github.io/transmedia/

Come and discuss the combined use of media for historical research in Lausanne on January 27-28, 2025! Free registration, also via Zoom. @unil.bsky.social

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · Nov 19

A rare "I drink your milkshake" chart
www.economist.com/business/201...

A chart showing how directional drilling works

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Aug 7

@martingrandjean.ch reminds us that DH2014 was a decade ago, and looks back at the things that have changed since. I absolutely remember looking for my name on that amazing network viz on the ground! I'm loving hearing how DH has been strengthened at Lausanne since then. #DH2024

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Jul 4

Next week (July 8-10), I'm hosting the Historical Network Research Conference 2024 at UNIL. It's still possible to register if you're interested in the applications of network analysis to the historical sciences: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ #HNR2024

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · May 29

New paper just published in International Studies Quarterly : a study of the network of international health organisations reporting on their collaborations over almost 50 years! doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Positioning among International Organizations: Shifting Centers of Gravity in Global Health Governance

Abstract. In this paper, regime complexes are conceptualized as dynamic networks constituted by relations between international organizations (IOs). We int

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · May 17

Help us spread the word: #CfP for the first Impresso conference! "#Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" on 27 and 28 January 2025 in Lausanne - the submission deadline is 15.7. and all infos are here: impresso.github.io/transmedia/

Call for papers (EN) | Transmedia Conference 2025

How can “transmedia” history be put into practice from both theoretical and empirical perspectives? The international conference “Transmedia History”—held by the impresso project and the University of...

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · May 15

I'm pleased to announce that the final program for the Historical Network Research Conference 2024 #HNR2024 is now available: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/pro... (8-10 July 2024)
Join us in Lausanne or online! Registration here (free): hnr2024.sciencesconf.org

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Jan 31

Last call! ⚠️🤓 Last day to submit a paper proposal for the HNR2024 conference: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/
Let me know if you have any problems uploading your abstract, or if you need a little more time.

[Yes, this is the very last reminder, sorry for the spam]

Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 16

[CFP] I am pleased to announce the opening of the call for papers for the #HNR2024 conference: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ Do you apply network analysis to historical subjects? Come to Lausanne in July! Deadline January 31, 2024 Please share!

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Jan 20

Reminder: Call for papers Historical Network Research Conference 2024 (deadline: 31 January) historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/

HNR2024

The Historical Network Research Conference 2024 in Lausanne

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 27

La conférence #HNR2024 est également ouverte aux contributions en français ! Venez présenter vos recherche en analyse de réseaux historiques à Lausanne: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/aac/ (délai de l'appel 31.01.24)

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 16

[CFP] I am pleased to announce the opening of the call for papers for the #HNR2024 conference: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ Do you apply network analysis to historical subjects? Come to Lausanne in July! Deadline January 31, 2024 Please share!

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 9

Big news: after years of organizing workshops, archaeologists and historians are joining forces to offer a summer school in network analysis!
www.pastnetworks.net
25-29.06.2024, Barcelona
with Marten Düring, Tom Brughmans, Cindarella Petz, Albert Diaz-Guilera, Luce Prignano, Matteo Mazzamurro and me

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Nov 8

"Patrimoine(s) numérique(s)" Le programme du colloque NUCLEUS est en ligne: news.unil.ch/display/1699... Rendez-vous les 30 novembre et 1er décembre !

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Oct 23

Élections fédérales 2023 : bis repetita ? Tradition oblige, je mets à jour ma frise de l'évolution de la composition du Conseil national (qui fait beaucoup relativiser les "victoires" et "défaites" des uns et des autres) : www.martingrandjean.ch/elections-fe...

Evolution de la composition de Conseil national

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Oct 16

Oui, exactement. Mais là c'est parce que l'objectif est très spécifique et que l'on ne peut pas tout anticiper du premier coup. Il se trouve que les développeurs de Gephi cherchent à implémenter un bouton "Cancel" pour revenir en arrière :)

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Oct 16

(donc il ne faut pas recalculer la centralité de degré après suppression des noeuds)

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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · Oct 16

Oui, en fait il faut garder la valeur de degré calculée avant d'effacer les petits noeuds connectés qu'une fois, et l'utiliser pour faire varier la taille des noeuds restants (pour que ça reflète leur follower count).

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