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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On female literacy in ancient Egypt: arce.org/resource/loo...
Looking in the Wrong Places: Rethinking Female Literacy in Ancient Egypt - ARCE
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On female literacy in ancient Egypt: arce.org/resource/loo...
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?
Today's first Script Keepers meeting featured some very fruitful discussion and updates on ongoing projects - second one coming up at 9.00pm UK time.
www.scriptkeepers.org
www.scriptkeepers.org
Script Keepers Network – Safeguarding Scripts
Script Keepers Network Unites People To Protect And Revitalize The World’s Endangered Writing Systems.
www.scriptkeepers.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today's first Script Keepers meeting featured some very fruitful discussion and updates on ongoing projects - second one coming up at 9.00pm UK time.
www.scriptkeepers.org
www.scriptkeepers.org
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#Incredible ! There is good evidence that Greek literacy was relatively widespread among the ancient Arabs east of Ḥawrān. Here, our #Safaitic author partially writes out the Safaitic letters in the Greek order, omitting vowels!
Find more on #OCIANA: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
Find more on #OCIANA: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#Incredible ! There is good evidence that Greek literacy was relatively widespread among the ancient Arabs east of Ḥawrān. Here, our #Safaitic author partially writes out the Safaitic letters in the Greek order, omitting vowels!
Find more on #OCIANA: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
Find more on #OCIANA: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
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Looking forward to running a stall all about ancient alphabets at the public Read Between the Lines fair in Oxford next week (Cheney School, Tuesday 11th). Come by to learn all about the history of writing — plus a short play about emojis!
@TheIrisProject @RumbleMuseum
pub.marq.com/40443503-03d...
@TheIrisProject @RumbleMuseum
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Read Between The Lines Brochure
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November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Looking forward to running a stall all about ancient alphabets at the public Read Between the Lines fair in Oxford next week (Cheney School, Tuesday 11th). Come by to learn all about the history of writing — plus a short play about emojis!
@TheIrisProject @RumbleMuseum
pub.marq.com/40443503-03d...
@TheIrisProject @RumbleMuseum
pub.marq.com/40443503-03d...
I'm reposting this for anyone who missed it on Halloween - an scary short story by Tian Tian, with a rather delicious intersection of Lovecraftian and hieroglyphic geekery 😊
My friends, on this All Hallows' Eve, please remember... be careful what you digitise...
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
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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November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm reposting this for anyone who missed it on Halloween - an scary short story by Tian Tian, with a rather delicious intersection of Lovecraftian and hieroglyphic geekery 😊
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Check this out! multilingual.com/tim-brookes-...
Tim Brookes' New Book, By Hand, Explores the Impact of Handwriting on Community and Language Preservation | MultiLingual
Is handwriting about to become a lost art in the United States? Award-winning author Tim Brookes tackles this question in his new book.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Check this out! multilingual.com/tim-brookes-...
Exciting news! A new open access book on erasing and rewriting in manuscript cultures, edited by Michele Cammarosano.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Erasing and Rewriting in Manuscript Cultures
Across the most diverse societies, the reuse of writing surfaces in contexts such as learning to write, note-taking, literary creation, and bookkeeping has been not only desirable but essential to opt...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Exciting news! A new open access book on erasing and rewriting in manuscript cultures, edited by Michele Cammarosano.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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.
My friends, on this All Hallows' Eve, please remember... be careful what you digitise...
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
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,…
viewsproject.wordpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
My friends, on this All Hallows' Eve, please remember... be careful what you digitise...
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
A Halloween tale of terror by Tian Tian.
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/h...
#halloween
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Just released a special episode of ALILI, which for the first time is a solo show.
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Just released a special episode of ALILI, which for the first time is a solo show.
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
My publishers offered me a chapter of the audiobook of 'Why Q Needs U' to share, and so this episode is Chapter A (from Egypt to Greece) in its entirety. The narrator is me.
pod.link/1703401848/e...
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It's just two words, but a personal favourite find in a medieval manuscript is this signature of Anne, a princess of Kievan Rus and Queen (Regent) of France.
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's just two words, but a personal favourite find in a medieval manuscript is this signature of Anne, a princess of Kievan Rus and Queen (Regent) of France.
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
Written on a 1063 charter, it reads "АНА РЪИНА" ('ana rъina' ~ 'Anne Queen'). The language is Old French, but the script is Cyrillic!
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… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED
A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
Since when do I have a Wikipedia page?! Well thank you to whoever is responsible for that!
(Now I can see why people really wish they could edit their own page 😂 It's mostly quite good, I just wouldn't be able to resist adding more /tweaking, plus a picture obvs)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...
(Now I can see why people really wish they could edit their own page 😂 It's mostly quite good, I just wouldn't be able to resist adding more /tweaking, plus a picture obvs)
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Philippa M. Steele - Wikipedia
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October 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Since when do I have a Wikipedia page?! Well thank you to whoever is responsible for that!
(Now I can see why people really wish they could edit their own page 😂 It's mostly quite good, I just wouldn't be able to resist adding more /tweaking, plus a picture obvs)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...
(Now I can see why people really wish they could edit their own page 😂 It's mostly quite good, I just wouldn't be able to resist adding more /tweaking, plus a picture obvs)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp...
Postdoctoral opportunity for US nationals for a two-year position with the SEI, as part of an NSF-funded project on the politics of digitizing newly-invented writing systems. Deadline actually 18th November.
Full listing here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05167
Full listing here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05167
Postdoctoral Scholar - Script Encoding Initiative - Linguistics Department
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Postdoctoral opportunity for US nationals for a two-year position with the SEI, as part of an NSF-funded project on the politics of digitizing newly-invented writing systems. Deadline actually 18th November.
Full listing here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05167
Full listing here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05167
So whatever happened to the AELAW (Ancient European Languages And Writings) database? Did it fizzle out? I'm wondering who on BS would know - maybe @katherinemcdon.bsky.social ? @davidstifter.bsky.social ? Others?
Here is a web archive link for the database: web.archive.org/web/20220604...
Here is a web archive link for the database: web.archive.org/web/20220604...
Database: languages | AELAW
web.archive.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So whatever happened to the AELAW (Ancient European Languages And Writings) database? Did it fizzle out? I'm wondering who on BS would know - maybe @katherinemcdon.bsky.social ? @davidstifter.bsky.social ? Others?
Here is a web archive link for the database: web.archive.org/web/20220604...
Here is a web archive link for the database: web.archive.org/web/20220604...
Your annual reminder that the clocks changed in the UK and Europe last night but not in the US, so if you do transatlantic zoom meetings this week at least one person will get the time wrong. (Trying to make sure it's not me.)
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Your annual reminder that the clocks changed in the UK and Europe last night but not in the US, so if you do transatlantic zoom meetings this week at least one person will get the time wrong. (Trying to make sure it's not me.)
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! 😱
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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
In case anyone missed my seminar on Wednesday but wishes they hadn't, it's now on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/oqwzTSLCeBE?...
youtu.be/oqwzTSLCeBE?...
Sematography in Linear A and B and related problems
YouTube video by Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems
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October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In case anyone missed my seminar on Wednesday but wishes they hadn't, it's now on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/oqwzTSLCeBE?...
youtu.be/oqwzTSLCeBE?...
Shall I keep the Star Wars reference in my talk for Wednesday? You decide!
(I mean, you express an opinion, I am obviously keeping the Star Wars reference.)
(I mean, you express an opinion, I am obviously keeping the Star Wars reference.)
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Shall I keep the Star Wars reference in my talk for Wednesday? You decide!
(I mean, you express an opinion, I am obviously keeping the Star Wars reference.)
(I mean, you express an opinion, I am obviously keeping the Star Wars reference.)
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Bréaga a chreideann ríomhchláraitheoirí faoi teangacha, le samplaí. Ó @lexiconista.bsky.social
www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-a...
www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-a...
Falsehoods programmers believe about languages
This is what we have to put up with in the software localisation industry.
www.lexiconista.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bréaga a chreideann ríomhchláraitheoirí faoi teangacha, le samplaí. Ó @lexiconista.bsky.social
www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-a...
www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-a...
Our second autumn seminar, hosted by the Cambridge Mycenaean Seminar series, involves me (Pippa) talking about Linear A and B this Wednesday (22nd October). More information and zoom registration link here:
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/v...
I need to finish my powerpoint!
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/v...
I need to finish my powerpoint!
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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October 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our second autumn seminar, hosted by the Cambridge Mycenaean Seminar series, involves me (Pippa) talking about Linear A and B this Wednesday (22nd October). More information and zoom registration link here:
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/v...
I need to finish my powerpoint!
viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/v...
I need to finish my powerpoint!
A symposium on paper! They say: "We also want to hear about your research into or with paper – whether you print on, make or create with paper, we want to hear from you." Sounds wonderful.
cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/announcing-a...
cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/announcing-a...
Announcing a Symposium with St Cuthberts Mill - Papers on Paper - Centre for Print Research
In collaboration with St Cuthberts Mill – makers of heritage Somerset printmaking paper – the Centre for Print Research are...
cfpr.uwe.ac.uk
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A symposium on paper! They say: "We also want to hear about your research into or with paper – whether you print on, make or create with paper, we want to hear from you." Sounds wonderful.
cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/announcing-a...
cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/announcing-a...
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Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.] I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North …
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October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!