The Humanities in the Digital Age

On January 23, 2014, the Academy hosted a meeting at Stanford University on The Humanities in the Digital Age. Richard Saller (Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences and Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies at Stanford), Elaine Treharne (Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of the Humanities and Codirector of the Center for Medieval & Early Modern Studies at Stanford), Franco Moretti (Danily C. and Laura Louise Bell Professor and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Stanford), Joshua Cohen (Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society; and Professor of Political Science, Philosophy, and Law at Stanford), and Michael A. Keller (Ida M. Green University Librarian; Director of Academic Information Resources; Publisher of the Stanford University Press; and Founder/Publisher of HighWire Press at Stanford) discussed the humanities in the context of rapidly developing new technologies. The program served as the Academy’s 2004th Stated Meeting. The following is an edited transcript of the presentations. The Humanities in the Digital Age