Online Workshop for Graduate Students and ECRs
Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Byzantine Studies Association of North America
An Introduction to Network Analysis for Byzantinists
May 12–16, 2025, Zoom
Registration Closes: Wednesday, May 1, 2025
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Byzantine Studies Association of North America are pleased to offer a week-long introduction to network analysis workshop for graduate students and early career researchers in collaboration with Professor Alexander Brey of Wellesley College, Professor Dr. Zachary Chitwood of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Dr. Ryan Horne of the University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Christian Raffensperger of Wittenberg University, and Dr. Katerina Ragkou of Philipps University of Marburg.
An Introduction to Network Analysis for Byzantinists, workshop by Alexander Brey (Wellesley College), Zachary Chitwood (University of Munich), Ryan Horne (UCLA), Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University), and Katerina Ragkou (University of Marburg), Zoom, May 12–16, 2025
Network analysis allows researchers to model and visualize the connections and interactions between different entities (e.g., people, places, objects) in their research data. This online workshop will offer Byzantinists an introduction to network analysis and its use in historical disciplines, with a focus on Byzantine and medieval studies. Participants will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of network theory and explore projects employing network analysis and the choices that lay the foundation for the projects, including data modeling, methodology, and tools. During practical sessions, participants will learn how to format their own data for network analysis, create a database in Neo4j and query their data, interface their Neo4j database with other tools, and publish their network analysis.
This workshop is intended for those who have very little or no experience with network analysis.
The workshop is limited to 15 participants. The time commitment for this workshop is 20.5 hours of instruction. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Registration is first come, first served. All participants must be BSANA members. Graduate students and early career researchers (PhD received after May 2017) in the field of Byzantine studies. Students enrolled in graduate programs in North America and early career researchers working in North America will be given priority.
Registration closes Wednesday, May 1, 2025.
To read a full description of the workshop and register your interest, please visit https://maryjahariscenter.org/events/intro-to-network-analysis-for-byzantinists.
Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, with any questions.