IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1341: Network Analysis and Medieval Sources
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University |
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Organiser: | Máirín MacCarron, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway |
Moderator/Chair: | Thomas Birkett, School of English, University College Cork |
Paper 1341-a | What Have Networks Ever Done for Us? (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Science |
Paper 1341-b | Maths Meets Myths: Applying Mathematics to Medieval Sources (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Celtic |
Paper 1341-c | Hagiography and Network Analysis (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Hagiography |
Abstract | This session will present the findings of a recent, and burgeoning, collaboration of scientists and humanities' scholars in developing new quantitative methods for examining ancient and medieval sources. Paper -a (P. Mac Carron) will set out the general principles of network theory and survey some of the relevant applications, as well as potential applications; Paper -b (Kenna) will discuss the results achieved by his research team in applying this method to mythological and pseudo-historical sources from the medieval period; Paper -c (M. Mac Carron) will consider the potential benefits of this methodology for assessing medieval hagiography. |