Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a research project at Cambridge University directed by PI Dr Pippa Steele (she/her).
For more info, visit our website at https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/
Over on Twitter I use the handle @crewsproject, which relates to a previous project on early writing systems that you may also find interesting. For all the CREWS posts and resources, see here: https://crewsproject.wordpress.com/
Our conference WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement is nearly here (26th-29th March and 11th April).
You can watch online! Updated programme, abstracts booklet and zoom registration link all here:
https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-visual-engagement/
Adam Yeo's seminar is now online if you missed it and would like to catch up.
Tomorrow, Friday 6th March, 4.30pm, hybrid seminar
Adam Yeo, Writing as Image: A Comparative Visual Study of Bété and Chinese Scripts
Room 1.11 Cambridge Faculty of Classics, or watch online: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tIzTe3JtT2KkFH1s0lEjtQ
VIEWS Lent Term Seminars (Times GMT/UTC+0) Friday 30th January, 4.30pm ONLINE ONLY Reading, Riting, Rithmetic and 1+2=??? The varied roots of quirky sign ordering in Indic orthographies (Christopher Miller) Friday 27th February, 4.30pm ONLINE ONLY Looking at the Inscribed Temple: Reconstructing Viewer Experience at the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios in Gortyn, Crete (Anna Bertelli) Friday 6th March, 4.30pm IN PERSON + ONLINE ◊ Room 1.11, Faculty of Classics Writing as Image: A Comparative Visual Study of Bété and Chinese Scripts (Adam Yeo)
WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement Conference: 26th-29th March (hybrid) and 11th April (online).
Join us for 30+ presentations on writing from around the world, historical and modern!
Programme and Zoom registration via the link.
https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-visual-engagement/
Today, Friday 27/2 16.30 GMT:
Anna Bertelli "Looking at the Inscribed Temple: Reconstructing Viewer Experience at the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios in Gortyn, Crete"
A fascinating inscribed space!
Zoom reg: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tIzTe3JtT2KkFH1s0lEjtQ
VIEWS Lent Term Seminars (Times GMT/UTC+0) Friday 30th January, 4.30pm ONLINE ONLY Reading, Riting, Rithmetic and 1+2=??? The varied roots of quirky sign ordering in Indic orthographies (Christopher Miller) Friday 27th February, 4.30pm ONLINE ONLY Looking at the Inscribed Temple: Reconstructing Viewer Experience at the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios in Gortyn, Crete (Anna Bertelli) Friday 6th March, 4.30pm IN PERSON + ONLINE ◊ Room 1.11, Faculty of Classics Writing as Image: A Comparative Visual Study of Bété and Chinese Scripts (Adam Yeo)
Perhaps this is already well known among the Mastodon crowd, but I thought there would be interest here.
The Granshan Bloom Awards for design embracing script diversity: https://granshan.com/1st-granshan-bloom-communication-design-competition-20252026/bloom-specifics-1
I am honoured to be one of the speakers at the Linguists Collective Conference tomorrow (Saturday 21st February), celebrating International Mother Language Day. I am speaking in the evening slot, but there is a great line-up all day, check out the programme here:
Happy International Lego Classics Day everyone! My offering this year is a Duplo version of a recent research article about writing on Mount Hymettos, Athens, home to some very important inscriptions.
https://viewsproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/writing-on-mount-hymettos-in-duplo/
UNESCO has declared 9th February World Greek Language Day (building on the national day), which seems like a good day to share my recently published open access article:
"Mount Hymettos, Athens: A holy place for writing", EGI vol. 1.
https://journals.wisethorough.com/index.php/EGI/article/view/1224
Tim Brookes
