Senior Researcher (University of Lausanne) | Vice Dir. NUCLEUS | Historian of International Orgs | Network Analysis | Data Visualization | Digital Humanities | https://www.martingrandjean.ch
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
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...
📣 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 FeaturesAs 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…gephi.wordpress.com📣 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…gephi.wordpress.comWe 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)
Homepage | Radio and Newspapers Conference 2026Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?impresso.github.ioJoin 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...
Impresso Seminar 2026: Latest Developments in Press History ResearchKeen to stay up to date with initiatives in the field of computational media history, the Impresso project is organizing a short series of conferences this spring, inviting colleagues to present their current research in order to gain inspiration, share ideas, and build bridges between our ongoing efforts. This series is the second season of Impresso Seminars: see the fall 2025 program.impresso-project.chI 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…historicalnetworkresearch.org📅 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...
Homepage | Radio and Newspapers Conference 2026Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?impresso.github.io📣 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
Colloque Humanistica 2026 - Sciencesconf.orgLe 7ème colloque de l'association francophone des humanités numériqueshumanistica2026.sciencesconf.orgThis 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 Seminar 2025: Latest Developments in Press History ResearchKeen to stay up to date with initiatives in the field of computational media history, the Impresso project is organizing a short series of conferences this fall, inviting colleagues to present their c...impresso-project.chImpresso Project🔍 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…historicalnetworkresearch.orgCALL 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...
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"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...
Postdoc position: Join @impresso.bsky.social (Luxembourg)!
Impresso Project📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Digital History! Join our Luxembourg-based team for a 21-month Postdoctoral Researcher position. If interested, or know someone who might be, you can learn more and find the link to apply here 👉 impresso-project.ch/news/2025/03...
"Transmedia History: Circulations, Reconfigurations and New Methodologies" The conference program is now online! impresso.github.io/transmedia/ Come and discuss the combined use of media for historical research in Lausanne on January 27-28, 2025! Free registration, also via Zoom. @unil.bsky.social
Next week (July 8-10), I'm hosting the Historical Network Research Conference 2024 at UNIL. It's still possible to register if you're interested in the applications of network analysis to the historical sciences: historicalnetworkresearch.github.io/lausanne/ #HNR2024