1 Jan The DISSINET team is now complete! We are delighted to announce that, after two highly competitive hiring processes, DISSINET has gained two new members: Gideon Kotzé (computational linguist) and Larissa de Freitas Lyth (historian)
23 Dec 2021 Modelling German Waldensians’ social networks – thoughts of an associate researcher BLOG: Reima Välimäki short report on researching Stettin Waldensians social networks and about his experience with the DISSINET data model.
1 Sep 2021 The new DISSINET team is up and running! On 1 September 2021, the ERC Consolidator Grant-funded project “Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe” (DISSINET, 2021-2026) officially gets underway! The team is now constituted. Who’s aboard?
15 Aug 2021 Model the source first! Towards source modelling and source criticism 2.0 The project of computational historiography needs not only to adopt the modelling for representing the target phenomena but also to achieve a complex representation of the textual sources and its interpretive layers. To do the latter, we have developed an approach that we call “source modelling”.
20 Mar 2021 Interview with dr David Zbíral in Magazine M Dr David Zbíral on religious dissidence, computational interdisciplinary history, and the award of an ERC Consolidator Grant.
1 Mar 2021 Historical Geocoding Assistant in SoftwareX Historical Geocoding Assistant gains visibility through a publication in SoftwareX.
22 Feb 2021 Welcoming Reima Välimäki as a research associate We are proud to welcome a cultural historian dr. Reima Välimäki as a DISSINET research associate.
9 Dec 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr. Zbíral Dr. Zbíral has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant for a five-year research project “Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe”.
8 Oct 2020 Dr Zbíral awarded the Rector’s Prize Dr Zbíral has been awarded the 2020 Masaryk University Rector's Prize for an exceptional research outcome.
5 Oct 2020 ERGM & ALAAM Quick Reference Sheet We have created a quick reference sheet for the statnet and MPNetimplementations of the ERGMs (Exponential Random Graph Model) and ALAAMs (Auto-Logistic Actor Attribute Model).
1 Sep 2020 DISSINET is looking for a research assistant The Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) seeks a short-term research assistant with competence in Latin language and in historical research.
19 Aug 2020 Map: Premonstratensian monasteries in France New interactive map visualizing dataset of Premonstratensian houses in France from the foundation of the order up to the present.
3 Aug 2020 About DISSINET: Interview with Dr. David Zbíral Interview with the DISSINET project’s PI about DISSINET and the Digital Humanities.
2 Jul 2020 Why is the graph visualisation not always an ideal way to display network data? BLOG: When visualizing networks, a graph displaying this data as nodes connected with ties is definitely the first choice. However, this visualization often comes with significant disadvantages and should not be considered as the norm without considering other alternatives.
10 Jan 2020 Bibliography: 2,000 records The publicly available DISSINET bibliography in Zotero has reached 2,000 records.
21 Aug 2019 Article: Mining multiple sources of historical data New DISSINET paper published in the Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association.
17 Jun 2019 Map: Lollards, 1414–1522 The DISSINET team has recently been busy creating a digital map which shows the places of origin of Lollards based on their trial records.
28 Nov 2018 Grant of Excellence awarded to Dr. Zbíral Dr. Zbíral has been awarded the prestigious EXPRO grant of the Czech Science Foundation.
