GlobaLS held a workshop on network theory and analysis with Bárbara Romero Ferrón

On February 12, the research group GlobaLS – Global Literary Studies Research Lab held the fifth seminar of the 2025–2026 academic year within the framework of the project Translating Diversity: Institutional Agents and Literary Translation Policy-Making in Iberoamerica (2001–2022).

The presentation took place exclusively online, allowing participants to attend via Google Meet.

The workshop, entitled “Redefining Complexity: An Introduction to Network Theory and Analysis”, was delivered by Bárbara Romero Ferrón and conducted in Spanish, with presentation slides in English.

A critical approach to complexity in the humanities

During the session, the speaker provided both a theoretical and practical framework for addressing complex problems in the humanities. The workshop introduced the foundations of graph theory and complex systems before moving on to hands-on work with networks.

Key topics included network ontology, centrality measures, community detection, and visualization strategies. Beyond its technical dimension, the session encouraged critical reflection on the use of computational methodologies and on the translation of concepts across disciplines.

About the speaker

Bárbara Romero Ferrón is a postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana University of Lüneburg and an associate researcher at the iArtHis_Lab group at Universidad de Málaga. She completed her PhD at the CulturePlex Lab at University of Western Ontario, specializing in Spanish art exhibition studies and network analysis.

Throughout her career, she has worked at international research centers and museums, including the Getty Research Institute, where she has collaborated on exhibition visualizations and workshops focused on computational methodologies applied to provenance studies and art history.

Her research lies at the intersection of computational methods and social art history, with a particular focus on network analysis, complex systems, and digital ontologies from a feminist perspective. She is currently preparing the monograph Exhibitions Networks and the Making of Cultural Narratives, to be published in open access in 2026.