New DISSINET research associate

20 Aug 2019

Tomáš Diviák (University of Groningen & Charles University, Prague) joins the DISSINET team as a research associate under contract since 1 September 2019. Tomáš's research focus is covert networks and statistical models for social networks. He is currently finishing his Ph.D. with Tom Snijders at the University of Groningen.

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8 Sep

Medieval anti-heretical hate speech. Funded Ph.D. opportunity, deadline for expressions of interest: 5 October 2026

The Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) invites applications from prospective Ph.D. students interested in digital and quantitative approaches to medieval anti-heretical hate speech. Successful candidates will join an international interdisciplinary research environment at Masaryk University. Expressions of interest are due by 5 October 2026.
2 Sep

What we read, mapped: the (inter)disciplinary shape of DISSINET's library

A visualisation of DISSINET's more than 11,000-item Zotero library mapped by subject domain, root collection down to individual topic, shows the team’s focus in bibliographic terms, and how that reading spans history, network science, and computational text analysis.
29 Aug

AI Augmented Historical Research

From conversation to folder: a guide to spark imagination about what’s possible when LLM AI works over your files, not just a chat window, in document-heavy historical research; written up from an internal DISSINET workshop.
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.