Events and news

13 Apr 2022

CEDRR talk: "Discussion on Big Data and Network Research in the Traditional Historiography of the Portuguese Colonial Empire"

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Centre for the Digital Study of Religion invites you to their online dicussion: Dr. Agata Bloch (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences), and Dr. Demival Vasques Filho (Leibniz Institute for European History, Germany) will talk about analysis of historical data through cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to reconstruct and model large temporal social networks of the Portuguese Empire.

23 Mar 2022

CEDRR talk: "An adapted ontology for a prosopography of medieval Sardinia: RDF schemes, OWL and an open linked database"

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Centre for the Digital Research of Religion invites you to a lecture by by Hervin Fernández Aceves from the University of Lancaster on the topic of RDF schemes, OWL and open linked database.

12 Jan 2022

CEDRR talk: "Materialising Religions in Secret Police Archives: Methodological Insights and Results of the Hidden Galleries ERC project"

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Let us invite you to the talk by James Kapaló from University College Cork, Ireland, who will present the theoretical and methodological approaches of the Hidden Galleries project (ERC Project no. 677355), give an account of the research process and principal outputs.

19 Oct 2021

Computational approaches in the study of pre-modern religion

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Would you like to learn more about digital humanities techniques focused on premodern sources? Participate in our workshop with several members of the Dissident Network Project and guests. The event is part of 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Arts and will be streamed on Zoom.

News by date

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”.

12 Oct 2020

New research assistants

Three research assistants join DISSINET since November.

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 MPNet
implementations 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.