Digital humanities, Data visualization, Network analysis
New book released! I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations, published in the United Nations Historical Series. CITATION Grandjean Martin and Laqua Daniel, eds. Intellectual Cooperation at the League of [ ]
“Victoire de la droite nationaliste“, “défaite des partis écologistes“, sont les titres de la presse suisse et étrangères au sortir de ce dimanche de votations fédérales du 22 octobre 2023. Or, quand on regarde l’évolution de la force des partis politiques au Conseil national (chambre basse) depuis un siècle, difficile d’être frappé par autre chose que la très grande stabilité des équilibres…
The League of Nations marks a turning point in the history of international relations in that it is the first model of a "world parliament". But who paid for it? The member states contributed according to their economic capacity and their political will. The map below shows the total contributions by states, based on the final report of the Board of Liquidation of the League of Nations in 1947, as…
This video series, intended for a beginner audience, proposes to review the main concepts of social network analysis (terminology, visual analysis, centrality measures, etc.) while highlighting the challenges that arise when analyzing relational historical objects.
How are the biblical texts structured? Beyond the obvious centrality of Christ in the Gospels, do we always find the same groups of characters, organized in the same way? This short study raises the question of the potential contribution of network analysis to literary studies and, in particular here, to the biblical sciences.
What is centrality and periphery in global history? It turns out that graph theory, formal network analysis, is all about finding ways to calculate centrality in graphs. How then to make the link between graph theory and historical networks?
Banned in the European Union because of their dangerousness, thousands of tonnes of pesticides (such as Syngenta's Paraquat) are exported every year by countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany or France. Based on data collected by Public Eye and Unearthed, these visualizations show that many countries around the world use these substances despite being prohibited in Europe.
International congresses, meetings of diplomats and experts, have been almost exclusively European events for more than a century. This map shows the location of the +8000 congresses held between 1840 and 1960 and highlights the domination of certain urban areas in Western Europe.
Les élections fédérales 2019 voient la progression massive des partis verts (Parti écologiste suisse et Parti vert-libéral) au détriment des principales formations de gouvernement. Or, au-delà d un résultat 2019 remarquable que la plupart des observateurs s accordent à qualifier d historique pour la prise de conscience climatique en Suisse, qu en est-il de l équilibre du Conseil national sur [ ]
Based on a large social network analysis of the archives of the League of Nations, this thesis focuses on understanding how the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (1922-1939) structures its activities and develop a form of bureaucratisation of scientific and cultural coordination.