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.
For more information please visit our websites: https://linktr.ee/viewsproject?utm_source=linktree_profile_share
For more information please visit our websites: https://linktr.ee/viewsproject?utm_source=linktree_profile_share
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
Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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
Register here: tinyurl.com/wewd2026
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.
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.
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 🎁😁⛄
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Seen on Amazon, pseudo hieroglyphs are very AI these days!
December 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Seen on Amazon, pseudo hieroglyphs are very AI these days!
The next meetings of the Script Keepers Network will be next Sunday, 14th December, all very welcome. Here are the zoom registration links:
09:00 ET (14.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
16:00 ET (21.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
09:00 ET (14.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
16:00 ET (21.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The next meetings of the Script Keepers Network will be next Sunday, 14th December, all very welcome. Here are the zoom registration links:
09:00 ET (14.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
16:00 ET (21.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
09:00 ET (14.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
16:00 ET (21.00 GMT) - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It's a good day today!
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It's a good day today!
What are the coolest advent calendars you are following on Bluesky this year?
At home we have Mr Men books (mine 😁) and wooden winter wonderland.
At home we have Mr Men books (mine 😁) and wooden winter wonderland.
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
What are the coolest advent calendars you are following on Bluesky this year?
At home we have Mr Men books (mine 😁) and wooden winter wonderland.
At home we have Mr Men books (mine 😁) and wooden winter wonderland.
And this is the picture I've got in my handout. I'm starting to wonder if I've lied to my students and this isn't the Grosvenor one... They definitely have a broken version of the tile...
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And this is the picture I've got in my handout. I'm starting to wonder if I've lied to my students and this isn't the Grosvenor one... They definitely have a broken version of the tile...
Magdalene College gardens in the afternoon sunlight a few days ago.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Magdalene College gardens in the afternoon sunlight a few days ago.
I am loving the layout of Ben's latest abecedarium! 😁 Kind of Ancient North Arabian style, what do you think?
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I am loving the layout of Ben's latest abecedarium! 😁 Kind of Ancient North Arabian style, what do you think?
Also from Tian Tian on X:
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Also from Tian Tian on X:
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
Ever wonder how the Chinese saw Halloween in the past? This is a small article about a Halloween party in 1929 at West Lake Villa. It was called 黑貓節 — the Black Cat Festival — very direct and descriptive. And I love the term 人面瓜, “human-face melon,” for jack-o’-lantern.
An abominable horror is coming this Halloween...
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An abominable horror is coming this Halloween...
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
Don't forget that you can subscribe by email to our website feed, and be the first to be terrified! 😱
viewsproject.wordpress.com
Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Peak Halloween Classicist accessory!
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
(Thank you Poundland 😱)
@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@dannybate.bsky.social look what just came through the door! It's a good companion for Ben's alphabet colouring book 😊
Eating mummy's new business cards.
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Eating mummy's new business cards.
Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Very interesting sign reversals going on in Ben's dark side alphabet. He's discovering something about symmetry 😊
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.
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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.
And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
And the poster just because I'm quite pleased with it 😁
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!)
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
September 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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!)
(I'm also finally writing about them!)
If you are interested in punctuation and spacing in text, from any world writing traditions, please join us for @timbrookes.bsky.social's discussion event:
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
September 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
If you are interested in punctuation and spacing in text, from any world writing traditions, please join us for @timbrookes.bsky.social's discussion event:
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
Sunday 5th October, 12.00 ET / 17.00 BST
Registration link in next comment.
We'll be announcing our VIEWS hybrid seminar line-up for the term in the next few days - stay tuned!
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We'll be announcing our VIEWS hybrid seminar line-up for the term in the next few days - stay tuned!
My son Ben just did one alphabet completely dextroverse (L>R) and one completely sinistroverse (R>L)! He usually does boustrophedon - clearly this is deliberate experimentation 🥰
This is so cool for my research!
This is so cool for my research!
September 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My son Ben just did one alphabet completely dextroverse (L>R) and one completely sinistroverse (R>L)! He usually does boustrophedon - clearly this is deliberate experimentation 🥰
This is so cool for my research!
This is so cool for my research!
We happened on a wonderful little exhibition of northern Nigerian leatherwork at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social today while attending the family friendly drop-in. Exquisite workmanship, well worth a visit. I'll put a link to their blog posts on it in the first comment.
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We happened on a wonderful little exhibition of northern Nigerian leatherwork at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social today while attending the family friendly drop-in. Exquisite workmanship, well worth a visit. I'll put a link to their blog posts on it in the first comment.