Robert Sieczkiewicz

Rob Sieczkiewicz is an archivist, librarian and teacher deeply shaped by his time at Hampshire. Graduating from Hampshire in 1991, he lived, studied and worked in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. He is currently the University Archivist at Drexel University, where he manages the Libraries' Archives and Special Collections department.

At Hampshire
After studying modern history and political philosophy during Division II, Rob became interested in the history of Eastern Europe during the collapse of the Soviet empire in autumn 1989. Particularly intrigued by the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, he researched that country's sociopolitical changes after the suppression of its previous revolution, the Prague Spring of 1968. The result was his Div III thesis, The indefinite domain of the nonconforming : Czechoslovakia after the Soviet invasion. Rob co-founded the campus organization Issues of Militarism, served on Community Council, worked at Saga and the Admissions Office, and wrote for zines that don't exist anymore.

After Hampshire
Rob studied history and archival methods at UMass Boston, earning an M.A., then worked at the Getty Research Library and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, before returning to the East Coast. He earned a library science degree from Drexel University.