Department of History

Jean Bauer, Princeton University

Facebook for the Dead: Social Network Analysis with Historical Actors

Event Description

This lecture focuses on network analysis, a powerful and increasingly popular tool for historians to explore the social and institutional worlds of their subjects. Using her own work in the early American foreign services, Bauer discusses the payoffs and pitfalls of using network analysis to explore the past.

THE LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE LECTURE.

Date

Monday, January 23, 2017

Time

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location and Address

The Humanities Center - 602 Cathedral of Learning

Event Series