Organized session at the 3rd European Conference on Social Networks at

Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 26.-29. September 2017

Call for Papers

"Networks in Archaeology and History"

Over the last decades, network analysis has made its way from a fringe theory to
an established methodology in archaeological and historical research that goes
beyond a purely metaphorical use of the network term. A substantial number of
studies on different topics and periods have shown that network theories and
methods derived from other disciplines (e.g. sociology, economics, physics) can
be fruitfully applied to selected bodies of historical and archaeological sources.
Yet in many of these initial studies, important methodological concerns regarding
the underlying sources, missing data, data standardization and representation of
networks in space and time have not been adequately acknowledged and
sometimes even completely neglected.

In recent years, archeologists and historians often in collaboration and in

exchange with scholars from other disciplines have taken on the challenge to
address these methodological concerns and to adapt and refine network methods
and network theory for archaeological and historical research. The aim of this
session is to further develop such transdisciplinary collaboration between
historians, archaeologists and the EUSN research community.

The session invites contributions from researchers applying methods of formal

network analysis in archaeological or historical research. A special emphasis of
the session will be on the unique challenges that arise in the domain-specific
application of these research methods. We welcome submissions on any period,
geographical area or topic. The authors may be historians or archaeologists as
well as scholars from other disciplines working with historical or archeological
data.

Abstract submission:

Please hand in your abstract via the conference website

(http://www.eusn2017.uni-mainz.de/) and indicate the name of the session:
"Networks in Archaeology and History".

Abstract submission deadline is March 31st.

Session organizers:

Aline Deicke (Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz)

 Martin Stark (ILS Research Institute, Aachen)
Marten Dring (University of Luxembourg)

Call for abstracts

Third European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN2017)

Mainz, 26 - 29 September 2017
www.eusn.org

Dear colleagues,

We would like to encourage you to submit abstracts for paper presentations and
posters to the Third European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN2017), to
be held 26 - 29 September 2017 in Mainz, Germany.

The conference will host about 30 sessions representing many areas of social
network research. In addition, 16 workshops covering the theory and analysis of
social networks are offered on September 26. They include introductory courses
and training on different software platforms. The keynote address will be held by
Emmanuel Lazega. Two awards, one for the best poster and one for the best
paper of a German early career scholar will be announced at the conference. Our
social program will include hospitality suites and a conference party for casual
discussion and exchange of ideas. For more details, please visit our website
www.eusn.org.

Deadline for paper and poster abstract submissions is March 31. Please find
more details regarding the submission and registration procedure below. If you
have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at
eusn2017@uni-mainz.de <mailto:eusn2017@uni-mainz.de> and visit
www.eusn.org <http://www.eusn.org> .

We look forward to welcoming you in Mainz this autumn!

The organizers,

Marina Hennig and Katharina Kunien

Also on behalf of the program committee:

Kai Arzheimer, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Ulrik Brandes, University of Konstanz, Germany
Dimitris Christopoulos, MODUL University Vienna, Austria
Marten Dring, Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur lEurope, Luxembourg
Johannes Glckler, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Betina Hollstein, University of Bremen, Germany
Lothar Krempel, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany
Emmanuel Lazega, Science Po, France
Jos Lus Molina, UAB Barcelona, Spain
Jrgen Pfeffer, TU Munich, Germany
Tom A.B. Snijders, University of Groningen, Netherland
Christian Stegbauer, Goethe University Frankfurt Main, Germany

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

1. Visit our website http://www.eusn2017.uni-mainz.de/abstract-submission/

<http://www.eusn2017.uni-mainz.de/abstract-submission/>

2. Register via the CONVERIA conference management tool ("sign up for an

account", if you dont have one) and log in.

3. Click on the "New submission" link and fill out the form. Make sure you enter all
required information:

State the title of your presentation and select the session you want to submit it to.
You can find a description of all sessions on our website
(http://www.eusn2017.uni-mainz.de/calls/ <http://www.eusn2017.uni-
mainz.de/calls/> ). If you do not find your topic listed, you can choose the "Open
Sessions". If you want to submit a poster, choose "Poster Session"

Insert an abstract of max. 500 words. All abstracts (and presentations) must be in
English.

State the full name, institution and contact information of all authors

Abstract submissions are due by March 31. After this date, no abstracts will be
accepted. You will receive a receipt of your submission by e-mail. Please note
that we can only allow two submissions per person.

REGISTRATION:
- Registration starts February 1.

- Presenting authors need to be registered for the conference until the end of
June (Early Bird fee is available until June 14).

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3RD EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS (EUSN)
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Institute of Sociology | Department of Social Network Research & Family
Sociology
Jakob-Welder-Weg 12 | D-55128 Mainz

Tel. +49 6131 39-22444

Fax +49 6131 39-25569

Mail: eusn2017@uni-mainz.de
www.eusn.org

local organizers:
mhennig@uni-mainz.de
katharina.kunissen@uni-mainz.de