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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: https://linktr.ee/viewsproject?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · Nov 19

Another thing new followers may not realise is that we run the Endangered Writing Network, which aims to bring people from varied backgrounds together to tackle problems of language and writing endangerment. So we are interested... 1/3

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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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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 20h

It had lost its label but they charged me £1 for it.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 20h

A reminder that our first seminar of the season takes place tomorrow and is hybrid. Annick Payne will be giving us an Anatolian Hieroglyphic Masterclass!

Zoom registration and more information via this link:

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VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025

We are excited to announce our autumn termcard of hybrid seminars, with three events coming up. The topics include Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Linear A and B, Greek alphabetic education and European and…

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1d

Oops sorry!! 😳

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I can resist wearing it to the Faculty at some point! 🐍🐍🐍

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1d

P S. It is quite painful to wear because it has nobbly bits on the inside of the band but it makes for a good photo

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 1d

Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!

(Thank you Poundland 😱)

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 2d

I've been working on this piece since last month! Please enjoy a dive into magnificent natural colours from Heian Japan, just published on #Caravanserai.
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Kasane

The most refined art of wearing the seasons

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 2d

Needless to say, his whole family made fun of him ceaselessly.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 2d

One of my great uncles had been a Scouser until he moved to Scotland and adopted the accent! Kilmarnock area.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 6d

@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! ☺️

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

(Today I can start using the title Professor! The promotion was two years ago, but I had to wait for the university's reform of titles in research posts.)

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

Eating mummy's new business cards.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

A live streamed conference on ancient epigraphy in the classroom, next Monday - I think lots of people will find this interesting.

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FROM STONE TO CLASSROOM: NEW DIDACTICS IN TEACHING EPIGRAPHY – Faculty of History

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 7d

Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

It reminds me of the baby jail ones in the hospital, which we thought was hilarious when Ben had his stripey clothes on.

VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

I've just cut the bottom off with my address but you get the misspelling anyway 🙂 It's the university standard, but I thought the spacing could be improved.

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

So interested in the general aesthetic of my new business card template that I nearly missed that my name was misspelt. Glad I caught that one before printing!

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

Here is the direct zoom registration link: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025 We have three seminars this term, each beginning at 16.30 and ending at approximately 18.00 UK time (please note the change from BST to GMT for the 3rd seminar). 8th Octob...

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

Our seminar line-up for the term, all hybrid! Three dates: 8th and 22nd October, 12th November, 16.30 UK time.

Look here for details, especially if attending in person:

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VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 9d

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 10d

Just noticed that one of the inscriptions from the sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos reads "BEN" - I've been interested in these inscriptions for about the last ten years, so it's nice to find my two-year-old son's name on one 🥰

(I'm also finally writing about them!)

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波鴻漫錄 || Sven Osterkamp @schrift-sprache.bsky.social · 11d

A scribe's dwindling willingness 😅 to write out the same characters time and time again (here hon'yaku 飜譯 'translation'):

飜譯 (right)
飜睪 (center)
飜ー (left)

The funny thing is: This is from three consecutive lines on the same page of this manuscript. 🤓

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 10d

Well I think this is going to feature in discussion 😂