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Julia EBERLEN

Can we reproduce the past? A BE-RN roundtable discussion

On September 9th, 2025, 11h, we will hold an online panel discussion on implementing open science practices to enhance replicability and reproducibility in the humanities, specifically historical research. Experts on art history, archeology, and digital archiving will come together to share their knowledge and experiences in designing and implementing open science practices in historical research. Whether you are considering starting your project or are simply curious about how these projects work behind the scenes, this panel discussion will certainly prove to be interesting!

A panel discussion on implementing open science practices to enhance replicability and reproducibility in the humanities, specifically historical research. Experts on art history, archeology, and digital archiving will come together to share their knowledge and experiences in designing and implementing open science practices in historical research. Whether you are considering starting your project or are simply curious about how these projects work behind the scenes, this panel discussion will certainly prove to be interesting! Johan Van Der Eycken (PhD) is the Head of Service Digital Archiving of the State Archives. He is currently responsible, among other things, for developing a digital archiving policy for federal authorities and supervising the SODHA project (www.sodha.be). Dries Cnuts (PhD) works at the TraCep Lab, University of Liège. Dries is a research logistician responsible for advancing research in functional analysis and supporting fellow researchers through training and access to the microscopy platform and the Traceolab reference collection, TRAIL. Charlotte Rulkens, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, is an art historian who is specialized in Dutch 17th century painting and is a Research Associate in the Replicating a Rembrandt Study project. Date of the event: Tuesday, September 9th, 11h to 12h30

Provisional Program: 

11:00h: Welcome

11:10h: Charlotte Rulkens (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): The attribution of two portraits of Rembrandt revisited: A replication study in art history

11:25h: Dries Cnut (Université Liège): Open Science and Reproducibility in Archaeology

11:40h: Johan Van Der Eycken (Belgian State Archive): The Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive

11:55h: Roundtable discussion and Q&A

12:30h: End

For more information and our speakers, visit our event page: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8b3f4134-1651-429a-9330-943163deae3d@30a5145e-75bd-4212-bb02-8ff9c0ea4ae9

Come join us!

In an effort to revitalise the Belgian Reproducibility Network, we will from now on hold an open meeting every 4th Tuesday from 11h30 to 12h.

To attend one or several meetings, please contact us by email (info@reproducibilitynetwork.be) and we will forward you a meeting invitation for the series of meetings. We will update the upcoming meeting with the schedule usually a few days ahead of time. If you have items to add to this agenda, please write us:

  • The topic
  • the expected outcome (information point, discussion, potential project…)
  • the time you plan for this topic

There will also be a “Varia” point at the end of each meeting agenda, but please bear in mind that for a 30min meeting, we might have to skip this point from time to time. If you topic is urgent, make sure to signal it in the beginning.

Attending an open meeting does not engage you to anything. You can attend out of curiosity, to contribute ideas (although keep our short meeting schedule in mind), to take on individual tasks or a bigger role.

Local Node meeting ULiège

We are excited to share that the ULiège local node is organising its own kick-off event! It will be held on December 14th, in English, and (logically), at the University of Liège. If you are interested in participating, or simply would like to find out more about the event, you can visit the website here. The divers program surely includes something for all interests!