Lena Tambs
@lenatambs.bsky.social
University Researcher at Helsinki University / ANEE / Kone Foundation / mother. Steering committee member of the Connected Past. Egyptology, network analysis, socio-economic history, Ptolemaic Egypt.
Pinned
Call for Papers: The Connected Past is coming to Toronto in 2026! We invite abstract for papers exploring networks and network approaches in archaeology and history. Join us and share your research. See the posters below, scan the QR code for more! CFP is now open!
#theconnectedpast #archaeology
#theconnectedpast #archaeology
📢 Pleased to share that the #CfP for the #connectedpast 2026 in #Toronto, Canada, is OPEN!
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
📢 Pleased to share that the #CfP for the #connectedpast 2026 in #Toronto, Canada, is OPEN!
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
Call for Papers: The Connected Past is coming to Toronto in 2026! We invite abstract for papers exploring networks and network approaches in archaeology and history. Join us and share your research. See the posters below, scan the QR code for more! CFP is now open!
#theconnectedpast #archaeology
#theconnectedpast #archaeology
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
📢 Pleased to share that the #CfP for the #connectedpast 2026 in #Toronto, Canada, is OPEN!
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
✒️ Submit your abstract --> by 15 March
More info at: connectedpast.net
#networks #history #archaeology
@theconnectedpast.bsky.social
Join us for another (hybrid) #AMMEseminar this Thursday (18.12.2025, at 16:15-18:00 EET)!
Session theme:
'Ancient Waste - Trash or Treasures?'
Speakers:
- AnneMarie Luijendijk
- Louise Blanke
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Session theme:
'Ancient Waste - Trash or Treasures?'
Speakers:
- AnneMarie Luijendijk
- Louise Blanke
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Join us for another (hybrid) #AMMEseminar this Thursday (18.12.2025, at 16:15-18:00 EET)!
Session theme:
'Ancient Waste - Trash or Treasures?'
Speakers:
- AnneMarie Luijendijk
- Louise Blanke
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Session theme:
'Ancient Waste - Trash or Treasures?'
Speakers:
- AnneMarie Luijendijk
- Louise Blanke
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Last chance --> apply TODAY (Sunday)!
📣 helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#digitalhumanities #digitalassyriology #OpenRefine #python #tableau #QGIS #gephi
#Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
📣 helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#digitalhumanities #digitalassyriology #OpenRefine #python #tableau #QGIS #gephi
#Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Last chance --> apply TODAY (Sunday)!
📣 helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#digitalhumanities #digitalassyriology #OpenRefine #python #tableau #QGIS #gephi
#Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
📣 helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#digitalhumanities #digitalassyriology #OpenRefine #python #tableau #QGIS #gephi
#Helsinki @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Last chance to sign up for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School!
Deadline: 14 December
Deadline: 14 December
Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
www.helsinki.fi
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Last chance to sign up for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School!
Deadline: 14 December
Deadline: 14 December
Want to learn how to study cuneiform sources or related materials with digital tools?
Join us in #Helsinki, for the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School'!
Application deadline: --> THIS Sunday (14.12.2025).
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#CallforApplications
Join us in #Helsinki, for the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School'!
Application deadline: --> THIS Sunday (14.12.2025).
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#CallforApplications
Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
www.helsinki.fi
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Want to learn how to study cuneiform sources or related materials with digital tools?
Join us in #Helsinki, for the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School'!
Application deadline: --> THIS Sunday (14.12.2025).
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#CallforApplications
Join us in #Helsinki, for the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School'!
Application deadline: --> THIS Sunday (14.12.2025).
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
#CallforApplications
Reposted by Lena Tambs
I’m organizing a workshop called ”Dynamics of Inequality in the Ancient Mediterranean” (22-23 October 2026, Helsinki)
Here’s the CfP:
Here’s the CfP:
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’m organizing a workshop called ”Dynamics of Inequality in the Ancient Mediterranean” (22-23 October 2026, Helsinki)
Here’s the CfP:
Here’s the CfP:
Just under one week left to submit your application to the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' (Helsinki, June 2026)!
Apply by: 14 December 2025
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Apply by: 14 December 2025
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Just under one week left to submit your application to the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' (Helsinki, June 2026)!
Apply by: 14 December 2025
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Apply by: 14 December 2025
Call text: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Applications are open for the Barcelona Past Networks Summer School (16–19 June 2026)! It offers hands-on training in network research for the study of the human past. Participants explore network theory, methods and through practicals and expert-led lectures. See details at: www.pastnetworks.net
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Applications are open for the Barcelona Past Networks Summer School (16–19 June 2026)! It offers hands-on training in network research for the study of the human past. Participants explore network theory, methods and through practicals and expert-led lectures. See details at: www.pastnetworks.net
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
www.helsinki.fi
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Join us for another (hybrid) #AMMEseminar this Thursday (13.11.25, at 16:15-18:00 EET)!
Session theme:
'Social Dependency Systems'
Speakers:
- Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Seth Richardson
- Saadia Yacoob
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Session theme:
'Social Dependency Systems'
Speakers:
- Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Seth Richardson
- Saadia Yacoob
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Join us for another (hybrid) #AMMEseminar this Thursday (13.11.25, at 16:15-18:00 EET)!
Session theme:
'Social Dependency Systems'
Speakers:
- Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Seth Richardson
- Saadia Yacoob
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
Session theme:
'Social Dependency Systems'
Speakers:
- Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Seth Richardson
- Saadia Yacoob
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social
📢 The 4th instalment of our 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' is coming up!
Apply by 14 December, and join us in #Helsinki, June 2026!
More information at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Apply by 14 December, and join us in #Helsinki, June 2026!
More information at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
www.helsinki.fi
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢 The 4th instalment of our 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' is coming up!
Apply by 14 December, and join us in #Helsinki, June 2026!
More information at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Apply by 14 December, and join us in #Helsinki, June 2026!
More information at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@anee-helsinki.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Our data paper on the Prosobab networks is now online. Of course #openaccess with the very efficient @up_johd: doi.org/10.5334/johd...
#babylonia #1milleniumBC #SNA #mesopotamia
#babylonia #1milleniumBC #SNA #mesopotamia
Social Networks of Prosobab | Journal of Open Humanities Data
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our data paper on the Prosobab networks is now online. Of course #openaccess with the very efficient @up_johd: doi.org/10.5334/johd...
#babylonia #1milleniumBC #SNA #mesopotamia
#babylonia #1milleniumBC #SNA #mesopotamia
Reposted by Lena Tambs
I am looking to fill a postdoctoral position on my research project Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia for a Near or Middle Eastern Archaeologist for 26 months on full time from February 2026.
Deadline is 16th of November. Read more and apply through employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho....
Deadline is 16th of November. Read more and apply through employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho....
Postdoctoral position in Archaeology: Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia
employment.ku.dk
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I am looking to fill a postdoctoral position on my research project Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia for a Near or Middle Eastern Archaeologist for 26 months on full time from February 2026.
Deadline is 16th of November. Read more and apply through employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho....
Deadline is 16th of November. Read more and apply through employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho....
Join us for another (hybrid) AMME Seminar this Thursday (23.10.25, at 16:15-18:00 EEST)!
Session theme:
Writing History in the Ancient World
Speakers:
- Johannes Bach
- Jasmin Lukkari
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
Session theme:
Writing History in the Ancient World
Speakers:
- Johannes Bach
- Jasmin Lukkari
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Join us for another (hybrid) AMME Seminar this Thursday (23.10.25, at 16:15-18:00 EEST)!
Session theme:
Writing History in the Ancient World
Speakers:
- Johannes Bach
- Jasmin Lukkari
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
Session theme:
Writing History in the Ancient World
Speakers:
- Johannes Bach
- Jasmin Lukkari
Abstracts & more info at: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
@helsinki.fi @anee-helsinki.bsky.social #AMMEseminar
Reposted by Lena Tambs
The Connected Past Coimbra 2025 was a resounding success. We would like to thank our speakers and our colleagues Joel, Tania, Riccardo, and Carlos who helped host the event in Coimbra. Stay tuned for updates on Connected Past events and for next year's event in Toronto, Canada!
#connectedpast
#connectedpast
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Connected Past Coimbra 2025 was a resounding success. We would like to thank our speakers and our colleagues Joel, Tania, Riccardo, and Carlos who helped host the event in Coimbra. Stay tuned for updates on Connected Past events and for next year's event in Toronto, Canada!
#connectedpast
#connectedpast
Reposted by Lena Tambs
The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra conference had its last session focused on Egypt with Chana Algarvio discussing iconography in the Achaemenid Empire and Hossam Hegazi and Tamer Ali presenting religious networks. Thank you and well done everyone!
#conntectedpast #Egyptology
#conntectedpast #Egyptology
September 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The Connected Past 2025 Coimbra conference had its last session focused on Egypt with Chana Algarvio discussing iconography in the Achaemenid Empire and Hossam Hegazi and Tamer Ali presenting religious networks. Thank you and well done everyone!
#conntectedpast #Egyptology
#conntectedpast #Egyptology
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Yet more network explorations of the ancient Hittite, Italian, and Roman Dacian worlds offered unique insight into the past through pottery and mortuary finds. Thank you so much to Dylan G. Winchell, Stephen J. Smith, and Marina Musteața!
#connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia
#connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia
September 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yet more network explorations of the ancient Hittite, Italian, and Roman Dacian worlds offered unique insight into the past through pottery and mortuary finds. Thank you so much to Dylan G. Winchell, Stephen J. Smith, and Marina Musteața!
#connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia
#connectedpast #ceramics #pottery #Dacia
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Yet more wonderful presentations came in the second session of Day 3 covering Ancient Greek temple architecture, Hittite prosopography, and Etruscan epigraphy by George Veloudios, Lucas G. Freire, and Tom Francis. Thank you everyone!
#connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture
#connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Yet more wonderful presentations came in the second session of Day 3 covering Ancient Greek temple architecture, Hittite prosopography, and Etruscan epigraphy by George Veloudios, Lucas G. Freire, and Tom Francis. Thank you everyone!
#connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture
#connectedpast #Hittites #Etruscology #archaeology #architecture
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Day 3 began with three talks on material networks with talks which applied network analysis to datasets of materials recovered in the archaeological record from Bronze Age China, Iron Age Italy, and the Roman world by Yating Liao, Adrian Proestos, and Bogdan Lăpușan.
#connectedpast #archaeology
#connectedpast #archaeology
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Day 3 began with three talks on material networks with talks which applied network analysis to datasets of materials recovered in the archaeological record from Bronze Age China, Iron Age Italy, and the Roman world by Yating Liao, Adrian Proestos, and Bogdan Lăpușan.
#connectedpast #archaeology
#connectedpast #archaeology
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Our final session of Day 2 featured two insightful presentations on religious networks from Late Antiquity in the Near East and the early Middle Ages of Spain by Jamie Wood and Irina Barash. Thank you for such intriguing papers!
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Our final session of Day 2 featured two insightful presentations on religious networks from Late Antiquity in the Near East and the early Middle Ages of Spain by Jamie Wood and Irina Barash. Thank you for such intriguing papers!
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
Reposted by Lena Tambs
The afternoon of Day 2 began with three exciting presentations exploring technological development, epistolary networks of 20th century China, and models of Bronze Age Aegean from Cristina Pattuelli, Marcus Bingenheimer, and Ray Rivers. Well done everybody!
#connectedpast #networks
#connectedpast #networks
September 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The afternoon of Day 2 began with three exciting presentations exploring technological development, epistolary networks of 20th century China, and models of Bronze Age Aegean from Cristina Pattuelli, Marcus Bingenheimer, and Ray Rivers. Well done everybody!
#connectedpast #networks
#connectedpast #networks
Reposted by Lena Tambs
The second day of presentations continued with three talks showing outlining innovative applications of network analysis to oral histories, inter-state communication, and linguistic mobility by Jiajie Zhang, Alessio Cardillo, and Olga Solovova.
#connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks
#connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks
September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The second day of presentations continued with three talks showing outlining innovative applications of network analysis to oral histories, inter-state communication, and linguistic mobility by Jiajie Zhang, Alessio Cardillo, and Olga Solovova.
#connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks
#connectedpast #language #oralhistory #socialnetworks
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Oh no, not more pastel de nata @theconnectedpast.bsky.social! Oh, go on then... Possibly the best-catered Connected Past event to date?!
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Oh no, not more pastel de nata @theconnectedpast.bsky.social! Oh, go on then... Possibly the best-catered Connected Past event to date?!
Reposted by Lena Tambs
Day 2 began with intriguing papers that used network analysis to explore documentary and textual evidence from the 16th to the 20th centuries from the local to continental scale by Kristiyan Simeonov, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro. Well done everybody!
#connectedpast #history
#connectedpast #history
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Day 2 began with intriguing papers that used network analysis to explore documentary and textual evidence from the 16th to the 20th centuries from the local to continental scale by Kristiyan Simeonov, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Joel Santos and Tânia Casimiro. Well done everybody!
#connectedpast #history
#connectedpast #history
Reposted by Lena Tambs
A big thank you to our keynote speaker Fiona Coward who presented her paper 'Diversifying networks, new kinds of relationships: comparing bio-social and socio-material windows on urbanisation processes in the Bronze Age Levant' to cap-off the first day of talks
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A big thank you to our keynote speaker Fiona Coward who presented her paper 'Diversifying networks, new kinds of relationships: comparing bio-social and socio-material windows on urbanisation processes in the Bronze Age Levant' to cap-off the first day of talks
#connectedpast #archaeology #history
#connectedpast #archaeology #history