VIEWS project
@viewsproject.bsky.social
Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a Cambridge Uni project funded by UKRI, and host of the Endangered Writing Network.
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Endangered Writing Network
To join the Endangered Writing Network and play a role in this important conversation, please scroll down to the contact form further down the page and send us your details. Across the world today,…
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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!
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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!
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VIEWS events, January-April 2026
We are excited to announce our programme of VIEWS project and Endangered Writing Research Network events for the coming months. Find out about our one-day events, register for our seminars and brow…
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January 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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...
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...
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February 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...
www.archaeological.org/grant/holton...
Felicia A. Holton Book Award - Archaeological Institute of America
Learn about and apply for the Felicia A. Holton Book Award from Archaeological Institute of America. Find scholarships, fellowships, and grants for excavation, research, publication, and site preserva...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
February 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...
www.archaeological.org/grant/holton...
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You 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.
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.
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
You 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.
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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ELEVENTH-HOUR CALL FOR BRILLIANT RESCUE PLANS Pangea, my largest sculpture (at 7'x7') was due to be donated to a university, but that has fallen through. I leave for the UK on Wednesday. How can it be rescued from the dump?
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ELEVENTH-HOUR CALL FOR BRILLIANT RESCUE PLANS Pangea, my largest sculpture (at 7'x7') was due to be donated to a university, but that has fallen through. I leave for the UK on Wednesday. How can it be rescued from the dump?
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.
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The festive epigraphist – with books and crafts
I didn’t manage to write a post before taking a break for Christmas (sorry), but after having a particularly writing-themed festive season, I thought some of my experiences might be of intere…
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January 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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.
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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.
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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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Well, isn't that a pretty sight! The Japanese edition of my Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is now out and about!
January 4, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Well, isn't that a pretty sight! The Japanese edition of my Atlas of Endangered Alphabets is now out and about!
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.
It only has four pages: Paris sailing off with Helen, Iphigeneia, Achilles knocking Hector over and the wooden horse.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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.
It only has four pages: Paris sailing off with Helen, Iphigeneia, Achilles knocking Hector over and the wooden horse.
January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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.
It only has four pages: Paris sailing off with Helen, Iphigeneia, Achilles knocking Hector over and the wooden horse.
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Happy New Year to all glossophiles: linguists, researchers, translators and other professionals who have the study of language and the written word as their breadwinner. This wish also extends to #langsky, particularly to students of lesser-used languages — regional, minority, endangered and so on.
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Happy New Year to all glossophiles: linguists, researchers, translators and other professionals who have the study of language and the written word as their breadwinner. This wish also extends to #langsky, particularly to students of lesser-used languages — regional, minority, endangered and so on.
Happy Gregorian New Year to all who celebrate! 🎆
a penguin wearing a party hat is holding a fireworks display
ALT: a penguin wearing a party hat is holding a fireworks display
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January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy Gregorian New Year to all who celebrate! 🎆
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Mongolian and Manchu scripts are written top-down. But there's a big difference to Chinese and related scripts: The columns run left to right. In bilingual documents, like Daicing 大清 edicts, the 2 versions start from the edges & meet in the middle, without formal hierarchy.
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Mongolian and Manchu scripts are written top-down. But there's a big difference to Chinese and related scripts: The columns run left to right. In bilingual documents, like Daicing 大清 edicts, the 2 versions start from the edges & meet in the middle, without formal hierarchy.
Ancient busy book 🙂 IYKYK
I still use a daily, handwritten planner as my calendar. Which means I am a big fan of the ancient device known as the παράπηγμα (parapegma); essentially a Greco-Roman calendar and weather predictor with peg holes where you could keep track of the days and months. archive.nyu.edu/bitstream/24...
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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...)
(But I cannot emotionally be trusted with the LOTR films, I'm tearing up just looking at people's GIFs...)
The Lord of The Rings movies were rated PG-13. By current rules that means that each film could contain one use of the word "Fuck". Which line are you altering to insert the most useful swear word?
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
"I can't carry it for you, but I can Fucking carry you"
December 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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...)
(But I cannot emotionally be trusted with the LOTR films, I'm tearing up just looking at people's GIFs...)
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Got an ogham ('I thought it was runes') hat for Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Got an ogham ('I thought it was runes') hat for Christmas
The kind of thing mummy gets to play with at Christmas 🎁😁⛄
December 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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...
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Hieroglyph of Lovecraft
A story for All Hallows’ Eve by Tian Tian “But the rest, countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils, and the sea is full.” This is the very sentence emerged in my head,…
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December 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A good time of year for a delicious Lovecraftian horror by our friend Tian Tian...
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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
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Linguists Collective Conference - International Mother Language
Join the Linguists Collective Conference & International Mother Language Day Celebration 2026 online! Explore language diversity, connect with global linguists, and celebrate mother languages worldwid...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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
conference.linguistscollective.info
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Clay 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.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay 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.
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.
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Other opportunities
If you are applying for research funding for a position at the University of Cambridge, and you work on something of relevance to the VIEWS project, you are very welcome to get in touch to discuss …
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December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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.
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A lovely article by Sabiha Basrai on @letterformarchive.org on decentering the Latin letter in type design:
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Type History Toolkit, Part 2: De-Centering the Latin Letter in Design Education
Sabiha Basrai recommends globally expansive approaches to studying typography.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A lovely article by Sabiha Basrai on @letterformarchive.org on decentering the Latin letter in type design:
letterformarchive.org/news/de-cent...
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.
Hey, asemics fans! This coming Sunday, 12/21, is my last online discussion group meeting of the year, and it will be an Asemics Summit. Spread the word! Bring your own work to show and discuss!
Registration (free) is at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration (free) is at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Asemics Summit. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Asemics Summit. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is going to be fascinating! All are welcome - no need to be a seasoned asemic writer, I'm not.
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Today is "Suzhou numerals" (a traditional Chinese number notation system) appreciation day 😍 :
〇、〡、〢、〣、〤、〥、〦、〧、〨、〩.
The system has become rare, but one might still encounter it occasionally, e.g. in Hong Kong markets and restaurants😁
〇、〡、〢、〣、〤、〥、〦、〧、〨、〩.
The system has become rare, but one might still encounter it occasionally, e.g. in Hong Kong markets and restaurants😁
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today is "Suzhou numerals" (a traditional Chinese number notation system) appreciation day 😍 :
〇、〡、〢、〣、〤、〥、〦、〧、〨、〩.
The system has become rare, but one might still encounter it occasionally, e.g. in Hong Kong markets and restaurants😁
〇、〡、〢、〣、〤、〥、〦、〧、〨、〩.
The system has become rare, but one might still encounter it occasionally, e.g. in Hong Kong markets and restaurants😁
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Sharing this again as the only reason I didn’t delete this account only a few weeks after registering, was this short conversation with @viewsproject.bsky.social that showed me that there’s really interesting *and* kind people on this platform. So… thank you very much!
And this is the section in the 8th page where that “njeue” appears, after saying they were playing with the snow (“jugaban a la njeue”), which in Modern Aragonese would be rendered as “chugaban a la nieu”.
December 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sharing this again as the only reason I didn’t delete this account only a few weeks after registering, was this short conversation with @viewsproject.bsky.social that showed me that there’s really interesting *and* kind people on this platform. So… thank you very much!