Detailed programme Permalink
Day 1 – Welcome & Introduction Permalink

- Opening social
- Lecture 1: Introduction to the summer school - what, why, and how of past network research
- Practical 1: Computational basics - set up coding workspace, and read network data

Day 2 – Data & Methods Permalink

- Practical session 2: How to obtain, create, and clean network data
- Lecture 2: Network analysis and methods
- Practical 3: Exploratory network analysis
- Practical 4: Network visualization techniques 1: plotline/ggplot2

Day 3 – How to tackle a project? Permalink

- Practical 5: Networks as a model, a tool to gain insight into phenomena and data
- Lecture 3: Research design
- Practical 6: Network visualization techniques 2: Gephi tutorial
- Practical 7: Best practices: data and results deposition and documentation

Day 4 – Projects & Critical Perspectives Permalink

- Practical 8: Work on projects
- Lecture 4: Critical perspectives on historical and archaeological data
- Practical 9: Work on projects or elective advanced tutorial
- Practical 10: Work on projects or elective advanced tutorial

Day 5 – Discussion & Moving Forward Permalink

- Developing your own future past network research projects. Discussion and evaluation
- How to take the next steps in the past networks community – conferences, resources and publications