In Pettengill 65, Dr. Robert Sanderson, a semantic architect, spoke on “Strong Opinions, Weakly Held: The Digital Reinvention of a Medievalist.”

With a Ph.D. in French and History (University of Liverpool), Dr. Robert Sanderson discussed his continual self-reinvention from the time of his doctoral research in humanities to his work in the Computer Science Department at the University of Liverpool, to Stanford University Libraries, Los Alamos National Laboratory and J. Paul Getty Trust, He translated the specifics of his journey into more general thoughts on research outside of the academy, the nature of digital humanities, and the benefits of collaboration.

Sponsored by Classical and Medieval Studies, and Digital and Computational Studies.