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Conference "Historical Networks and their Specificities: Practical and Theoretical Aspects"

Publié le 16 avril 2026 – Mis à jour le 16 avril 2026

Ratio DH hosts a one-day conference to explore the theoretical and practical challenges of historical network analysis.

Ratio DH is a research center for digital humanities, the discipline concerned with the application of quantitative and numerical methods to data and research questions in the humanities. It has two objectives: firstly, to formalize existing collaborations around these tools and initiate new ones; secondly, to bring together specialists from different periods and disciplines, in order to launch discussions and reflections (methodological and epistemological) on the process of applying these techniques, which is not self-evident.

Part of the EU-funded "Recovering Past Stories for the Future" project, the event brings together experts from institutions across Germany, France and Belgium, including a keynote by Robert Gramsch-Stehfest (Universität Jena).

Program

 

09h15

 Welcome

09h30

Keynote
by Robert Gramsch-Stehfest (Universität Jena)

10h45

Coffee break

11h00

 Talk
by Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani (Université de Namur, Archives de l'État à Namur)
11h15 Talk
by Nicolas Minvielle-Larousse (CNRS, Université d'Aix-Marseille)
12h00 Lunch (sandwiches provided)
13h30

Talk
by Clemens Beck (Universität Jena)

14h15

Talk
by Sébastien de Valeriola (Université libre de Bruxelles)
15h00 Coffee break
15h15 Talk
by Céline Engelbeen and Yannick Voglaire (ICHEC Brussels Management School) 
16h00 Round table - discussion
 

Date(s)
Le 7 mai 2026

From 9:15am to 5pm

Lieu(x)
Campus du Solbosch

Maison des Sciences Humaines - Reception room (Room R.3.105) [Avenue Antoine Depage 1 à 1000 Bruxelles]

Contact
Centre de recherche en humanités numériques : ratiodh@ulb.be