by Jesse W. Torgerson Note: This is the second in a series devoted to the project “Narrative and Geography in the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor“. Our first post considered what the question of place in narrative means for historical research. Subsequent posts are concerned with how we set up … Continue…
Lunch Talk:* From travel routes to simulations of social behavior: uses of network analysis in history Prof. Pavel Oleinikov (QAC) Wednesday, November 30, 2016 11.50a – 1.10p — Allbritton 206 Brief Description: Networks can be used as a descriptive tool to help with identification of important individuals and … Continue…
by Jesse W. Torgerson Prefatory note: This is the prosaic introduction to what will be an ongoing series of posts tagged as “Narrative and Geography.” Subsequent posts concern the question of mapping ‘space’ v ‘place’; how we set up our database; and, what we consider ‘geography’ in the Chronography. The … Continue…
The lab will meet for lunch at Thai Gardens on Main Street to catch up with each others’ projects, brainstorm, and try to engage in some off-the-cuff problem solving. Bring ideas and issues from your projects, and suggestions workshops that would help us all further our research agendas, or work … Continue…
The Travelers’ Lab is an open research group based at the Quantitative Analysis Center at Wesleyan University. Our goal is to prepare, analyze, and disseminate information about movement, travel, and communication in databases or formats that are both usable in our own work, and accessible to other scholars. We also … Continue…
Welcome to the Traveler’s Lab! Please attend our informational and organizational meeting Thursday, September 8, from 12-1pm in Allbritton 304 to meet the Lab members and get involved! We’re interested in finding out what projects you would like to be involved in, how you’d like to be involved, what skill … Continue…
