Keynotes

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Schich
Tallinn University

Max has studied at LMU Munich, HU-Berlin, and Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome. Max’s PhD monograph pioneered network analysis in art research, focusing on antique reception and visual citation. In 2014, "A Network Framework of Cultural History" in Science Magazine and the Nature video "Charting Culture" made global impact. Following a postdoc phase at BarabásiLab in Boston and the group of Dirk Helbing in Zurich, Max joined UT Dallas as an Associate Professor in Arts & Technology, becoming a founding member of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History. In June 2020, Max moved to Estonia to lead the CUDAN ERA Chair project for Cultural Data Analytics, funded through the European Commission with 2.5 million Euros until August 2024.

CUDAN Schich.info

Prof. Dr. Anne E.C. McCants
MIT

Anne McCants is Professor of History and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT, where she directs the Concourse Program for the integration of humanistic study with the science core. She currently serves as the President of the International Economic History Association and as a co-editor for both Social Science History and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Her research and teaching interests lie in the economic and social history of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe, as well as in the application of social science research methods across the disciplines.

History at MIT