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
Conference registration open for Writing As Visual Experience
We have now published the programme for our conference, Writing As Visual Experience (WAVE), on 19th-22nd September. You can view the lineup HERE. You can also now register for in person attendance via our REGISTRATION PAGE. In person places are limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Information about online attendance will follow in the … Continue reading Conference registration open for Writing As Visual Experience
Endangered Writing Network event: Writing in diaspora communities
We are pleased to announce a new online event of the Endangered Writing Network taking place on Thursday 25th July, at 16.30 BST (London time). This will be a two-speaker event, followed by discussion. Writing in diaspora communities Hrant Papazian: The Two Hearts of Armenian Typography Jordan Williams: Movement of the Curved Lines: Towards An … Continue reading Endangered Writing Network event: Writing in diaspora communities
Scribbles… Chicken scratch… Nails? A look at cuneiform writing
When we writers of the Latin script think of a metaphor to describe our writing, we likely think of describing it as “chicken scratch” (ex., “Many of these are unintelligible to the untrained eye. Indeed, the handwriting of thirteenth-century philosopher Thomas Aquinas looks exactly like chicken scratch.” Bernardo S. Hinojosa, A Medieval Summer in Toronto). … Continue reading Scribbles… Chicken scratch… Nails? A look at cuneiform writing
Your Stories: Elihu Shannon, Hebrew Scribe
I am a Jewish scribe living in Israel. I write, in Hebrew, Scrolls of the Law - the Pentateuch. But I would like to start from my education in the City of London School. At the age of ten I was taught art once a week, which meant painting in watercolours or occasionally just a … Continue reading Your Stories: Elihu Shannon, Hebrew Scribe
Visiting Fellowship opportunity
We have just launched a competition to elect two VIEWS Visiting Fellows during the 2024-25 academic year. For more information, please see HERE.
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.
William Blake’s calligraphy: an exhibition review
I recently took my son to see William Blake's Universe, an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It sets Blake alongside his contemporaries, and does a wonderful job of showing his journey from classically trained artist to something of an artistic revolutionary and, as he is so often labelled, a visionary. While many of … Continue reading William Blake’s calligraphy: an exhibition review
Exhibition visit: Urgent Archive by Issam Kourbaj
I visited an exhibition at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge recently, Urgent Archive by Issam Kourbaj, and found that it was even more relevant to VIEWS and my research than I realised. The subject of the exhibition is the ongoing, devastating war in Syria - a topic already close to my heart because of my interest … Continue reading Exhibition visit: Urgent Archive by Issam Kourbaj
EWN online seminar: Christiane Clados on Andean graphic communication systems
On 24 March 2024, 4.30PM (UK time), PD Dr. Christiane Clados (Philipps-Universität Marburg) will be speaking to the VIEWS Endangered Writing Network on 'Tiwanaku Framed Graphic Units and Inca Tocapus: A Comparison of Two Endangered Andean Graphic Communication Systems'. All are welcome to this online event.
The VIEWS project 