When Stanford’s Dan Edelstein set out to map the social networks of the French Enlightenment, he was uncertain of the efficacy of Gephi and other digital tools typically used to analyze and display similar types of data. In this talk, Edelstein considers methods for conducting social network analysis on humanistic data, using his unique project, Mapping the Republic of Letters, as a case study.
A collection of lectures featuring particularly prominent speakers, many of whom are guests to the university.
