From Monday, 28 November, to Thursday, 1 December 2022, a Winter School of the DH Lab of the IEG will take place. This winter school is designed to provide a guide for graduate students and early career researchers interested in the study of social networks with a special focus on historical research questions. This four day course will cover a range of sessions, offering hands-on exercises in Python using Jupyter Notebooks, and providing room for discussing your own datasets. Our keynote speaker Prof. Dr. David Zbíral (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) will elaborate on his work on the DISSINET project. Foto: Grandjean Martin (2015). »Introduction à la visualisation de données, l'analyse de réseau en histoire« Geschichte und Informatik, 18/19, 2015, 109-128. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SocialNetworkAnalysis.png Syllabus Day 1 (9:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 CET) Fundamentals of social network analysis Conceptualizing a network research design Day 2 (9:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 16:30 Uhr CET) History of network research Network theories Network visualization Public Keynote (17:00 - 18:30 CET) with Prof. Dr. David Zbíral (Masaryk University) Day 3 (9:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 17:00 CET) Network models and dynamics Epistemological implications of networks Mentoring and free exercises Day 4 (9:00 - 12:00 CET) Wrap up and critical perspectives How to apply For the winter school, a familiarity with the basics of Python is required. Before the school starts, we will provide tutorials so everyone can have the basic understanding necessary for following the sessions. The winter school is designed as hands-on sessions with tutoring (virtual; working language in English), therefore we can only admit up to 25 participants. The winter school is free of charge. Admission is possible until September 30, 2022. In order to apply, sent a short letter of interest specifying your motivation for attending this school (1/2 page max) with the subject “HNR winter school” to digital@ieg-mainz.de. Further queries can be sent to vasquesfilho@ieg-mainz.de and petz@ieg-mainz.de. Organizers Dr. Demival Vasques Filho (Google Scholar) Dr. Cindarella Petz (Google Scholar)