Map: Cathar houses, 1175–1244

18 Nov 2019

The DISSINET team has compiled a dataset and digital map of settlements in Languedoc in which Cathar religious are attested to have dwelt publicly in houses they owned or rented. The map can be found in the Publications section.

30 Jun

DISSINET at IMC Leeds and DH2026 in South Korea

This summer, DISSINET will present its research at two major international events - the IMC 2026 in Leeds and DH2026 in South Korea - highlighting its work on medieval religious dissent and advancing the integration of medieval studies with digital innovation.
28 Jun

Conference presentations showcase DISSINET applications of LLMs, SNA, and CASTEMO

Our researchers have recently dicussed DISSINET's methodological innovations at major conferences across Europe, showcasing the diversity of our research outputs.
4 May

OP JAK CoRe welcomes visiting researchers for 3-8 month stays

The Johannes Amos Commenius OP project “Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building” invites doctoral, postdoctoral or senior researchers to apply for 3–8‑month salaried visiting stay, focused on the semantic annotation and computational analysis of hate speech in medieval antiheretical literature.
17 Apr

Coding a heresy trial, one clause at a time

Our new article published in Digital Scholarship in the Humanities uses the trial record of Bernard-Oth of Niort and his family to demonstrate the benefits of Computer-Assisted Semantic Text Modelling (CASTEMO), a custom approach that not only captures informational content but also its discursive and contextual embedding.

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Map: Cathar houses, 1175–1244

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DISSINET at IMC Leeds and DH2026 in South Korea

Conference presentations showcase DISSINET applications of LLMs, SNA, and CASTEMO

OP JAK CoRe welcomes visiting researchers for 3-8 month stays

Coding a heresy trial, one clause at a time