Can embeddings be useful as a way to explore large corpora of historical data? Three recent conference papers: 1️⃣ doi.org/10.63744/R2L... Embeddings to analyze news collections (fig.1) 2️⃣ doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Media coverage analysis (fig.2) 3️⃣ doi.org/10.5281/zeno... UMAP vs. network viz? (fig.3)

The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 begins today in sunny Torino, Italy. More than a hundred colleagues talking about how they apply network analysis to historical sources! Conference website: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/turin/ #hnr2026

📻📰 The second Impresso II conference is a wrap! Last week in Lausanne, we explored links between press & radio with historians and digital humanists. 📚 The book of abstracts is available online on Zenodo:: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 📢 Final conference CfP: impresso-project.ch/news/2026/06...

Next week: “Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?” @unil.bsky.social @impresso.bsky.social 📆 Here is the program! Registration is still open if you want to join us online: impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne... 📘 The Book of Abstracts is available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Avec @martingrandjean.ch on présente bientôt un papier à Humanistica, et puisque j'ai illustré un exemple avec le cas de Charpentier, je me suis dit que c'était l'occasion de publier un billet de blog qui était "en attente" dans le back-office de mon carnet depuis 5 mois... ig.hypotheses.org/3980

Le passeport d’Alexandre Charpentier, montreur d’optique

J’ai un attachement tout particulier au cas d’Alexandre Charpentier, parce que c’est le tout premier montreur d’optique dont j’ai trouvé moi-même le passeport et dont j’ai pu reconstituer l’existence....

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📣 Big news: We’re launching Gephi 0.11! 🤩 Download this new version and spread the word! ℹ️ Learn more here: gephi.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/g... 🖥️ and download Gephi 0.11 on gephi.org

Gephi 0.11: Major Performance Upgrade and New Features

As you may have seen on a previous article, the Gephi team has been hard at work over the past few months and is currently preparing to release version 0.11 of your favorite network analysis applic…

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Please test on any possible system you got, GPU or not, intel, amd, arm, or any other platform possible.

Martin Grandjean@martingrandjean.ch · 4mo ago

📣 Gephi 0.11 is coming soon: starting now, you can download the beta version and send your feedback! gephi.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/g...

📣 Gephi 0.11 is coming soon: starting now, you can download the beta version and send your feedback! gephi.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/g...

Gephi 0.11 is coming soon: Beta testers needed!

As you may have seen on a previous article, the Gephi team has been hard at work over the past few months and is currently preparing to release version 0.11 of your favorite network analysis applic…

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We are pleased to announce that the program for the “Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?” conference, organized by the Impresso project and the History Department UNIL, is now available on the conference website: impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne... (June 30 + July 1, 2026)

Join us for three 1-hour online @impresso.bsky.social seminars featuring colleagues who will discuss their research in digital history and media analysis! impresso-project.ch/events/histo...

Finally lad my hands on author‘s copies of this beautiful volume! A wonderful work pulled out by @martingrandjean.ch and Daniel Laqua, and it has been a pleasure to take part!

Wow! Congratulations!

Martin Grandjean@martingrandjean.ch · 8mo ago

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations! 🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual... 📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

Taking place today at the @ungeneva.bsky.social: my colleagues @martingrandjean.ch and Daniel Laqua release a volume on Intellectual Cooperation at the League of Nations. Happy to be a part of this project! Check it out here: www.un-ilibrary.org/content/book....

Exciting new publication for anyone interested in the history of intellectual cooperation at the League 👇 #HistIR

Martin Grandjean@martingrandjean.ch · 8mo ago

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations! 🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual... 📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations! 🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual... 📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

📣 The deadline for submitting papers for the #HNR2026 conference in Turin has been extended to December 21 [The HNR newsletter has not been sending out all emails recently, so some people may not have seen the call for papers. Sorry about that!] historicalnetworkresearch.org/deadline-ext...

Deadline extended: CFP HNR2026 in Turin, 20-22 July (new deadline 21 December)

The HNR community is pleased to announce that the submission deadline for the HNR 2026 conference has been extended to December 21. We apologise for our recent silence. Due to a technical issue, ou…

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📅 Reminder: The call for papers for the @impresso.bsky.social "Radio and Newspapers" conference closes next Monday, November 10. We look forward to reading your proposals and welcoming you to Lausanne (@unil.bsky.social)! CFP in English and French: impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

📣 Le colloque #Humanistica2026 aura lieu à Paris en mai prochain : nous venons tout juste de publier l'appel à communications ! Une excellente occasion de présenter et discuter vos recherches en #humanitésnumériques dans un cadre francophone. > humanistica2026.sciencesconf.org

This fall, we are launching a short series of online lunchtime seminars to keep up to date with the latest research in media history 🗞️ 📻 📺 ℹ️ Program and registration here: impresso-project.ch/events/histo...

Impresso Project@impresso.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔍 Impresso Seminar 2025 is coming up: a series of short online lunchtime sessions on current research in computational media history. Join us to explore new methods and findings in press history. 📅 Check the full program and register via the form on our website: impresso-project.ch/events/histo...

CFP: Historical Network Research conference 2026 in Turin, Italy! (deadline Dec. 1 2025) historicalnetworkresearch.org/cfp-hnr2026-... HNR looks forward to meeting colleagues from Italy and beyond who are involved in the analysis of historical networks.

CFP: HNR2026 in Turin, 20-22 July (deadline 1 December)

Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026 The Historical Network Research community is very pleased to announce the call for papers for the Historical Networks Research conferen…

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📣 CfP: Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History? The Impresso project is pleased to invite you to participate in its next conference, to be held in Lausanne in June 2026! 📆 The call is open until November 10, 2025 👉 Find out more here: impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

Great Call for Papers for #media historians working on #radio & #magazines! 📻📰 The 'Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?' conference (Lausanne, 30.06-01.07.2026) is looking for contributions. L'appel est aussi disponible en français. impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History? The @impresso.bsky.social is pleased to invite you to participate in its next conference @unil.bsky.social in June 2026! Call open until November 10, 2025. Find out more here 👉 impresso.github.io/radio-and-ne...

VIS4DH is back at @ieeevis.bsky.social, November 2025 in Vienna! Find the Call for Papers here, focusing on the Visualization of Conflict and Peace: vis4dh.dbvis.de/cfp/

Mardi 29 avril, le Centre NUCLEUS (@unil.bsky.social) a le plaisir de recevoir Michael Sinatra pour un état des lieux du champ des humanités numériques et un partage des expériences menées dans le centre qu'il dirige à Montréal ! Bienvenue à toutes et tous: www.unil.ch/events/17453...

"Geneva's Press and Radio Microcosm and the League of Nations in the Interwar Period" My short paper for the "Transmedia History" conference, a brief overview of studies still to be carried out on these issues. PDF here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Martin Grandjean@martingrandjean.ch · last yr.

"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" - The Book of Abstracts of the @unil.bsky.social/@impresso.bsky.social conference is now online! Read the post here: impresso-project.ch/news/history... Or go directly to the PDF on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Merci aux organisatrices et organisateurs de ce colloque, pour les échanges en janvier et aujourd'hui pour la publication de ce recueil de résumés ! Pour ma part j'y ai parlé approches visuelles et transmédiatiques du tourisme, tous les détails à retrouver ici ⤵️

Martin Grandjean@martingrandjean.ch · last yr.

"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" - The Book of Abstracts of the @unil.bsky.social/@impresso.bsky.social conference is now online! Read the post here: impresso-project.ch/news/history... Or go directly to the PDF on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" - The Book of Abstracts of the @unil.bsky.social/@impresso.bsky.social conference is now online! Read the post here: impresso-project.ch/news/history... Or go directly to the PDF on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Are you interested in cultural transmission, medieval manuscripts or digital humanities, and want to pursue a PhD in a city bustling with intellectual and cultural life ? Come work with us !

LostMa ERC@lostma.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Job offers We are recruiting two PhD students in computational philology, to work on textual transmission with a methodology blending cultural evolution models, philology and data analysis 🧪 Deadline: 31 March 2025