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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 55m

The afternoon started with Session 5, "Deposition, ancestry, and regional identity." We had three very stimulating presentations from Emma Buckingham, Tamas Czuppon Inga Utkina-Wöhrl. Excellent work everybody! #arcaheology #history #networkanalysis #universityoftoronto connectedpast.net

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 21h

Our fourth session capped of the morning of day 2, themed "Materials, cult, and community in the Near East and Egypt." We had these excellent three papers and speakers: Yulia Prozorova, Luisa Garcia Gonzalez, Rocio Da Riva! Thank you! #archaeology #history #theconnectedpast #universityoftoronto

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 23h

Day 2 began with our third session "Settlements, landscapes, and regional systems" with three very intriguing papers. Thank you so much, Elizabeth Gibbon, Khaled Abu Jayyab, et al. Kristina Donnally, and Camilla Mazzucato et al. #archaeology #history #networkanalysis #theconnectedpast

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our first day wrapped up with out second session "Relational ecologies, landscapes, and archives." We had the following three brilliant presentations: Francisco Rivera, Marcony Alves, Carl Knappett, & Agnieszka Brylak. #archaeology #history #theconnectedpast #universityoftoronto

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A big thank you to our speakers for our first session "Texts, communication, and mobility in the ancient world" featuring Virginia Martos Armenteros, Tom Francis and Muhammad Rehan, Adam Schor, and Emma Glenister. Well done everybody! #archaeology #history #theconnectedpast #utoronto

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A big thank you to our keynote speaker, Dr. Barbara Mills for your inspiring paper "Connecting Chaco: How Network Analyses Changed My View of the Chaco World." This presentation got the conference started in wonderful fashion! Stay tuned for more! #archaeology #history #theconnectedpast

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Connected Past 2026 has officially started! It began with vibrant workshops full of exciting brainstorming and collaborative activities led by our team. Stay tuned for more on the Connected Past 2026 in Toronto! #archaeology #history #networkanalysis #digitalhumanities #UofT

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢 Connected Past Toronto 2026 is almost here! Check out our lineup of speakers for September 22-25 our keynote speaker Dr. Barbara Mills: connectedpast.net/other-events... Registration closes **August 21**! Register here: connectedpast.net/other-events... #theconnectedpast #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Early Bird registration for The Connected Past 2026 ends June 30! Join us in Toronto, Sept.22–25, 2026, for the leading conference on network science in archaeology and history. Student: $75 CAD, Regular: $125 CAD. Register: connectedpast.net/other-events... #Archaeology #NetworkAnalysis

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Registration is open for the 2026 in Toronto (Sept. 22–25)! Keynote by Barbara Mills plus network science workshops. Early bird rates until June 30: $75 students / $125 regular. Register: connectedpast.net/other-events... #archaeology #history #networkanalysis #theconnectedpast

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📣 Deadline Extended! The Connected Past 2026 Call for Abstracts is now open until March 31. Join us in Toronto, Sept 22–25 to explore the past with network methods & theory. 👇 Check the posters below for details. #theconnectedpast #archaeology #history #networks #networkanalysis #toronto

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The deadline for abstract submissions for the @theconnectedpast.bsky.social has been extended to March 31!

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

⏳ Only 5 days left to submit papers for Connected Past 2026 (Toronto, Sept 22–25)! Working on networks and connectivity in the past? Join scholars in archaeology and history using computational approaches to understanding the past. Deadline: March 15, 2026. #networks #archaeology #theconnectedpast

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Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Just under two weeks left until the #CallForPapers for the Connected Past Toronto (Sep. 2026) closes! Keynote: Prof. Barbara Mills Submit your paper or poster abstract --> by 15 March Call text and more info at: connectedpast.net @theconnectedpast.bsky.social

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People, Networks and Complexity in Archaeology and History

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Call for Papers: The Connected Past is coming to Toronto in 2026! We invite abstract for papers exploring networks and network approaches in archaeology and history. Join us and share your research. See the posters below, scan the QR code for more! CFP is now open! #theconnectedpast #archaeology

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Applications are open for the Barcelona Past Networks Summer School (16–19 June 2026)! It offers hands-on training in network research for the study of the human past. Participants explore network theory, methods and through practicals and expert-led lectures. See details at: www.pastnetworks.net

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Connected Past Coimbra 2025 was a resounding success. We would like to thank our speakers and our colleagues Joel, Tania, Riccardo, and Carlos who helped host the event in Coimbra. Stay tuned for updates on Connected Past events and for next year's event in Toronto, Canada! #connectedpast

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra conference had its last session focused on Egypt with Chana Algarvio discussing iconography in the Achaemenid Empire and Hossam Hegazi and Tamer Ali presenting religious networks. Thank you and well done everyone! #conntectedpast #Egyptology

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Yet more network explorations of the ancient Hittite, Italian, and Roman Dacian worlds offered unique insight into the past through pottery and mortuary finds. Thank you so much to Dylan G. Winchell, Stephen J. Smith, and Marina Musteața! #connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Yet more wonderful presentations came in the second session of Day 3 covering Ancient Greek temple architecture, Hittite prosopography, and Etruscan epigraphy by George Veloudios, Lucas G. Freire, and Tom Francis. Thank you everyone! #connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Day 3 began with three talks on material networks with talks which applied network analysis to datasets of materials recovered in the archaeological record from Bronze Age China, Iron Age Italy, and the Roman world by Yating Liao, Adrian Proestos, and Bogdan Lăpușan. #connectedpast #archaeology

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Our final session of Day 2 featured two insightful presentations on religious networks from Late Antiquity in the Near East and the early Middle Ages of Spain by Jamie Wood and Irina Barash. Thank you for such intriguing papers! #connectedpast #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The afternoon of Day 2 began with three exciting presentations exploring technological development, epistolary networks of 20th century China, and models of Bronze Age Aegean from Cristina Pattuelli, Marcus Bingenheimer, and Ray Rivers. Well done everybody! #connectedpast #networks

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The second day of presentations continued with three talks showing outlining innovative applications of network analysis to oral histories, inter-state communication, and linguistic mobility by Jiajie Zhang, Alessio Cardillo, and Olga Solovova. #connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Day 2 began with intriguing papers that used network analysis to explore documentary and textual evidence from the 16th to the 20th centuries from the local to continental scale by Kristiyan Simeonov, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro. Well done everybody! #connectedpast #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A big thank you to our keynote speaker Fiona Coward who presented her paper 'Diversifying networks, new kinds of relationships: comparing bio-social and socio-material windows on urbanisation processes in the Bronze Age Levant' to cap-off the first day of talks #connectedpast #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

A wonderful second session of talks featuring topics on the Venice Charter, Renaissance Venetian printing, and museum collections of prehistoric Australian artifacts by Claudine Houbart and Pierre-Henri Lefebvre, Emilio Cammarata, and Friederike Schmidt #connectedpast #Coimbra #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A big thank you to Nathan Cornish, Ana Margarida Dias da Silva; Maria Teresa Gonçalves, John R. Schaefer, and Gabriel Tober for getting The Connected Past in Coimbra 2025 started with their exploration of plants, gardens, and modern farming through networks! #connectedpast #Coimbra

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Strong start to the first full day of the #ConnectedPast2025 with a talk by Kristiyan Simeonov on 19th Century Bulgarian Historical Correspondence! #Coimbra @theconnectedpast.bsky.social

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Followed by a talk by Ana Isabel Ribeiro on the interpellation of decision-making processes in historical contexts in 18th and 19th century Coimbra #ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Coimbra #Portugal #Networks

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A thought provoking talk on LLM use and oral histories in a collaborative paper by Jiajie Zhang, Frieda Schmidt & colleagues (shorturl.at/5pZpk) @ the #ConnectedPast2025 in #Coimbra @theconnectedpast.bsky.social

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Agent of Chaos @fionacoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Oh no, not more pastel de nata @theconnectedpast.bsky.social! Oh, go on then... Possibly the best-catered Connected Past event to date?!

A wooden platter covered in delicious pastel de nata, a custard tar in flaky pastry characteristic of Portugal

Table covered in delicious-loomking foods, especially cakes

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We love to hear a conversation about how research comes together between Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro @theconnectedpast.bsky.social in #Coimbra #ConnectedPast2025

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Yesterday we also heard from Alessio Cardillo & co. on inter-state communication dynamics and roles in the networks of the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation @ the #ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Portugal #Coimbra

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Paula Gheorghiade @paulageorgiade.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

And it was incredible to learn from Olga Solovova that the small town of Kirkenes in #Norway is a melting-pot with 70 languages! #ConnectedPast2025 @theconnectedpast.bsky.social #Coimbra shorturl.at/10xl3

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

📢Only one month left to register for The Connected Past in Coimbra 2025! Scan the QR code or click the link below to join our conference from September 16 to 19 in Portugal! Register here: shorturl.at/ZY21T #archaeology #networks #digitalhumanities #history #Academic #Coimbra2025

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The Archaeology Centre @ U of T @archaeologycentre.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Registration for the @theconnectedpast.bsky.social Coimbra is now OPEN! Register using the QR below or this link! shorturl.at/qp2MT

Poster advertising that registration for the Connected Past Coimbra is now open. Features the Connected Past website (www.connectedpast.net) and a QR code for registration. Early bird registration is open until June 30, 2025, with regular registration open until September 5, 2025. Poster also notes that "the conference workshop is free and runs Sept. 16-17, but requires registration as spaces are limited. Register as soon as possible to secure a spot!"

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📣 Join us in Coimbra, Portugal 🇵🇹 for the 2025 Connected Past Conference — Sept 16–19! Explore network analysis, digital methods in the study of the past. 🏛️🌐 ✅ Registration open now: shorturl.at/ZY21T Or use the QR code below! #archaeology #networks #theconnectedpast

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

TWO DAYS LEFT! 📢 Call for Papers: The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra, Portugal | Sept 16-19, 2025 We invite submissions for studies in network approaches in history and archaeology. 📅 Deadline: March 15! connectedpast.net/other-events... #connectedpast #ConnectedPast2025 #archaeology #history

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The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

📢 Call for Papers: The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra, Portugal | Abstracts due soon! We invite submissions for studies in network approaches in history and archaeology. 📅 Abstract deadline: March 15, 2025 connectedpast.net/other-events... #connectedpast #ConnectedPast2025 #archaeology #history

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