A bit of fun - I was asked by Shepherd (a platform that aims to give authors wider visibility for their work) about featuring my book Exploring Writing Systems and Practices in the Bronze Age Aegean on their website. This involved a sort of "interview" where I chose a theme and named five favourite books … Continue reading Pippa’s book and the fragility of human culture
Writing for display in the ancient world
VIEWS took part in this year's Cambridge Festival, a showcase of research happening across the University of Cambridge. The project team has been together for several months now, so the Festival was a great opportunity to introduce some of the key questions and themes of the project to a wider audience.
Announcing the first VIEWS Conference: Writing as Visual Experience
We're excited to announce the first VIEWS conference - Writing as Visual Experience - will be taking place in Cambridge on 20-22 September 2024. We would like to invite scholars and practitioners working in any field and with any chronological or geographical focus to submit proposals for 30-minute papers looking at methodologies and ways of … Continue reading Announcing the first VIEWS Conference: Writing as Visual Experience
An event and an article by Pippa
Pippa will be speaking at an online British School at Athens Friends lecture on Thursday 15th June, 17.00 BST (19.00 Greek time). Her topic is “The vitality of writing traditions in the Bronze Age Aegean and Iron Age Cyprus – and their unexpected relevance for the modern day”. This lecture will present research begun under … Continue reading An event and an article by Pippa
