Programme

At a glance

The programme for the 2025 edition is being developed. Please have a look at the programme of the 2024 edition for more details.

The 4-day programme will consist of lectures and discussions, hands-on practicals, and socials.

Lectures and discussions

  • Introduction to the summer school - what, why, and how of past network research
  • Network analysis and methods
  • Research design
  • Critical perspectives on historical and archaeological data
  • Developing your own future past network research projects. Discussion and evaluation
  • How to take the next steps in the past networks community – conferences, resources and publications

Practicals

  • Computational basics - set up coding workspace, and read network data
  • How to obtain, create, and clean network data
  • Exploratory network analysis
  • Network visualization techniques
  • Networks as a model, a tool to gain insight into phenomena and data. Poster creation
  • Best practices: data and results deposition and documentation
  • Work on projects
  • Elective advanced tutorials

Socials

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Historical tour of Barcelona
  • Joint dinner included