Hi! My name is Karljürgen Feuerherm. I’m an associate professor with the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, where I work in Ancient Studies and Digital Humanities (see the Applied Digital Option drop-down farther down the page).
My first degree, from the University of Waterloo, was in mathematics/computer science (1984). I was initially hired as a Junior Programmer at Domtar Fine Papers, Cornwall (now defunct) and rose to become Analyst Programmer in charge of the Paper Monitoring System project. I returned to Waterloo to pursue an M.Div. at (then) Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, following which I obtained an M.A. in Biblical Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Studies (now Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations) of the University of Toronto, followed by a Ph.D. in Akkadian Language and Literature (2003).
I was a member of the team which put forward the proposal to encode Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform under the auspices of Unicode (2000) and I continue to study and use various computing tools in my daily work.
You can learn more about me on my biographical site at karljurgen.feuerherm.ca.