Exploring Religious Conversions through Network Analysis: A Case Study of Jewish Baptisms in 18th Century Russia
Gerasimova, Victoria
University of Warsaw, Poland
Presentation focuses on analyzing Jewish conversions as social practices in the 18th century Russia. It involves studying the interactions among various actors, including converts, imperial bureaucrats, clergy, godparents, and the Jewish community. By applying network theory the research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of religious conversions in imperial context.
Network of Scholars in the Formative Period of Islamic Reform Thought: Based on Contemporary Biographical Sources
Ishida, Yuri
Okayama University, Japan
HTML XMLThis presentation aims to visualize the network of scholars after the 17th century, focusing on the formation of Islamic reform thought and deciphering its trends. The intellectual lineage of those gathered in Makkah and Madinah during this period will be examined.
Network Analysis, Plot Theory: Revisiting French Literature through Character Networks
Chen, Newman (1,2); Mélanie, Frédérique (1); Barré, Jean (1); Poibeau, Thierry (1)
1: ENS-PSL & CNRS & U. Sorbonne nouvelle, France; 2: University of California, Berkeley
HTML XMLThis paper explores the derivation of character networks from texts to analyze large literary corpora, with a focus on the French language. As an illustration, we present the creation of character networks derived from Maupassant's novel "Boule de Suif," showcasing the development of character relationships throughout the story.
Computational Approaches to Nigerian Literature: Analyzing Texts in Yoruba and Efik
Inyang, Utitofon (1); Olatoye, Temitayo (2); Buzaaba, Happy (3); Ermolaev, Natalia (3)
1: SUNY Binghamton; 2: University of Eastern Finland; 3: Princeton University
Recent interest in digital humanities for African literature is growing globally, but the scarcity of linguistic resources for African languages hinders computational research using advanced AI. This paper discusses an ongoing project by an interdisciplinary team to develop tools for text analysis in Yoruba and Efik, Nigerian languages.
Entropy and Surprisal in Terrorism Narratives of the Tsarist Empire 1862-1917 (Russian and Polish Language Texts)
Mrugalski, Michał
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
PDFTerrorist violence and its thematisation in narratives prevailed in Tsarist Russia. The study on the inferface of cognitivism and computational narratology, measures surprisal and entropy in narrative texts devoted to terrorism to test an initial hypothesis that this narrtive mode differs from general population by foregrounding estrangement and cognitive effort.