VIEWS project
Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a Cambridge Uni project funded by UKRI, and host of the Endangered Writing Network.
For more information please visit our websites: linktr.ee/viewsproject
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- Oh I have just worked out what I'm going to do for International Lego Classics Day this year! It may involve these little dudes but that's all I'm saying 😁
- Early Alphabetic writing in the news: www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancien...
- The video from this seminar is now online here: youtu.be/vJfhL_5-w-U?...
- Tomorrow, Friday 30th January, Chris Miller is giving an online seminar for VIEWS and the Endangered Writing Network: "The varied roots of quirky sign ordering in Indic orthographies" - especially in Sumatra, South Sulawesi and the Philippines. Register here: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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- Reposted by VIEWS projectnew substack article combining my special interests of typography and the middle ages!!! open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
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- Tomorrow, Friday 30th January, Chris Miller is giving an online seminar for VIEWS and the Endangered Writing Network: "The varied roots of quirky sign ordering in Indic orthographies" - especially in Sumatra, South Sulawesi and the Philippines. Register here: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Two days to World Endangered Writing Day. We have something for everyone, with scripts from around the world, theoretical aspects of writing research, discussions of community identity and minority script typography, a Script Keepers panel, a contest and so much more!
- The programme for World Endangered Writing Day next Friday (23rd Jan). Explore and celebrate global writing diversity, and find out what is being done to support minority script communities, with this day of presentations and discussions. #wewd2026 Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
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- The programme for World Endangered Writing Day next Friday (23rd Jan). Explore and celebrate global writing diversity, and find out what is being done to support minority script communities, with this day of presentations and discussions. #wewd2026 Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
- So excited to announce all our VIEWS project events! Seminars on Indic orthographies, Archaic Cretan law codes and Bété and Chinese scripts! World Endangered Writing Day! A Jamigraphy workshop! Our conference WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement! viewsproject.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/v...
- Reposted by VIEWS projectFebruary 1 is the deadline to nominate books for the AIA's Felicia A. Holton Award. If you know any books published in the past three years that make bring the excitement of archaeology to a general audience, please nominate them here: www.archaeological.org/grant/holton...
- Reposted by VIEWS projectYou may have heard of Enheduanna, the princess, priestess, and poet who is also the earliest named author in history. Well, a tiny broken artefact made of lapis lazuli preserves the name of Ilum-pālil, her hairdresser. It is a fragmentary cylinder seal, excavated from a tomb in the city of Ur.
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- A sort of apology blog post, with books and activities, since I didn't manage a post before my Christmas break. Featuring books by @majnouna.com @dannybate.bsky.social @timbrookes.bsky.social among other things. viewsproject.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/t...
- Made in Egypt exhibition at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social is very much recommended! Every object has a story to tell and it's all displayed beautifully - well lit, interactive, spacious. Wonderful showcase of Egyptian craftsmanship.
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- Probably should have tagged #AncientBluesky and #ClassicsBluesky on this.
- I would not have included this episode in a toddler Trojan Horse book 😳 I can't lie to my son! It only has four pages: Paris sailing off with Helen, Iphigeneia, Achilles knocking Hector over and the wooden horse.
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- Happy Gregorian New Year to all who celebrate! 🎆
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- Ancient busy book 🙂 IYKYK
- This thread is making a long journey more bearable. Also reminds me of the LOTR pants meme from when I was a student. (But I cannot emotionally be trusted with the LOTR films, I'm tearing up just looking at people's GIFs...)
- Reposted by VIEWS projectGot an ogham ('I thought it was runes') hat for Christmas
- The kind of thing mummy gets to play with at Christmas 🎁😁⛄
- A good time of year for a delicious Lovecraftian horror by our friend Tian Tian... viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
- I am going to be one of the speakers at the Linguists Collective Conference and International Mother Language Day on 21st February 2026 (online). Programme and free registration here: conference.linguistscollective.info
- Reposted by VIEWS projectClay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love. Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
- If you work on VIEWS-related things and are applying for any kind of position at Cambridge, you are always welcome to discuss affiliating with the project (and to ask for support for the application) -e.g. the BA International Fellowship currently open. viewsproject.wordpress.com/other-opport...
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- A lovely article by Sabiha Basrai on @letterformarchive.org on decentering the Latin letter in type design: letterformarchive.org/news/de-cent...
- This is going to be fascinating! All are welcome - no need to be a seasoned asemic writer, I'm not.
