Blue Networks: About This Website
This website was created in 2015 by third-year students from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, in fulfillment of the requirements for the course 'Blue Networks. Social Networking in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean World'. This course is the last segment of the interdisciplinary three-year minor The Mediterranean World, offered by the Faculty of Arts. Students in the minor come from the departments of History, Art History, Archaeology, Classical Studies, European Languages and Cultures, and International Relations.
The course opened with four plenary sessions ('common seminars') in which network theory was discussed in relation to Antiquity (drs. van der Lans), the Middle Ages (dr. Corbellini), and the Early Modern period (dr. Williams). Subsequently, students chose an in-depth seminar in which to examine network dynamics in the respective periods in greater detail.
The following seminars were offered:
During the seminars, students developed their own research projects. These projects resulted in academic essays as well as web-pages for a broader audience -- showcased here. This website presents the wide range of ways in which network theory can be applied to the Mediterranean world in the pre-modern period.
The course opened with four plenary sessions ('common seminars') in which network theory was discussed in relation to Antiquity (drs. van der Lans), the Middle Ages (dr. Corbellini), and the Early Modern period (dr. Williams). Subsequently, students chose an in-depth seminar in which to examine network dynamics in the respective periods in greater detail.
The following seminars were offered:
- Ancient Networks: Religious Networks in the Antique Mediterranean - given by Birgit van der Lans
- Medieval Networks: Textual Networks: Real and Virtual Communities - given by Dr. Sabrina Corbellini
- Early Modern Networks: The Opening of the Mediterranean and "Discovery" of the Indian Ocean Network - given by Dr. Anjana Singh
During the seminars, students developed their own research projects. These projects resulted in academic essays as well as web-pages for a broader audience -- showcased here. This website presents the wide range of ways in which network theory can be applied to the Mediterranean world in the pre-modern period.
Course Instructors
Banner Image: Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea. Genoa?: ca. 1320–1350. Manuscript chart on vellum. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (138.03.00).
Site last edited: 9 June 2015
Site last edited: 9 June 2015