I'm sorry it's been a while since our last update. Far from an indication that nothing much is happening here, the main reason is that I have been so busy that it has been hard to find time to make a post. But there is a great deal of exciting news to relay, and I … Continue reading VIEWS news: Visiting Fellows 2025-26
Place and writing: a VIEWS conference panel
It has been a busy time at the VIEWS project, with many visitors and events. We will tell you much more very soon, but in the meantime I want to use this short post to tell you the exciting news that we have a live VIEWS panel at the Urban Creativity conference taking place in … Continue reading Place and writing: a VIEWS conference panel
Tibetan Calligraphy VR App – by Esteban Kong
Why did we start the project? བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། Tashi Delek! My name is Esteban Kong, and I have been part of the Costa Rican Tibetan Cultural Association for over 8 years. After experiencing Tibetan culture, religion, and language firsthand, I’ve realized the importance of preserving these for future generations — especially in Latin America, where Tibetan … Continue reading Tibetan Calligraphy VR App – by Esteban Kong
Visual Interactions with Maya Plaster Casts
This post has been a long time coming! Joshua Fitzgerald (VIEWS Visiting Fellow 2024–2025) very kindly coordinated a visit to the storage facility of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) early last December to examine the Maudslay collection of Maya monument casts. He was joined by Jordan Miller, a VIEWS Research Associate working on … Continue reading Visual Interactions with Maya Plaster Casts
Announcing our next conference! Plus a news round-up
We are delighted to announce that our next conference, WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement, will take place on 26th-29th March 2026 in Cambridge. For further details, look at our Call For Papers HERE - deadline 5th September. If you work on or with writing, whether inside or outside of academia, and the themes chime … Continue reading Announcing our next conference! Plus a news round-up
Easter Term Seminars 2025
We have an exciting programme of hybrid seminars in the coming term (May-June 2025), with sessions by VIEWS researchers, visiting fellows and friends. The seminars will be held in person, beginning at 16.30 BST (with tea from 16.15) and ending at 18.00 BST, in Room 1.11, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge. You can also watch online … Continue reading Easter Term Seminars 2025
Join the VIEWS team
An opportunity to join the VIEWS team has just opened and applications are now being welcomed for a Research Associate. This is a fixed term position (18 months), focussing on the relationships between the visibility and/or visual features of writing traditions and their vitality. The position is open to any specialisation in terms of place, … Continue reading Join the VIEWS team
Online mini symposium: Writing As Visual Experience in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus
We were sad that we just didn't have the resources to include all the papers we wanted to in our WAVE conference in September. But four further speakers have kindly agreed to give us their papers at our follow-up online mini symposium, on the theme of writing in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus - … Continue reading Online mini symposium: Writing As Visual Experience in the Bronze Age Aegean and Cyprus
VIEWS Visiting Fellowships and Remote Inclusivity Fellowships: competition open
We are particularly excited to announce this year's visiting fellowship competition - with a new virtual fellowship aimed at tackling inequalities in academia, alongside our usual competition. We have noticed over the years that there are some people who would find it difficult or impossible to travel to Cambridge to take up a visiting fellowship, … Continue reading VIEWS Visiting Fellowships and Remote Inclusivity Fellowships: competition open
“Dead” languages… in Lego!
If you study Latin, or ancient Greek, or the ancient world in any way at all, I bet at some point you've been asked why. Why study dead languages? Why study long-dead people? And I'm sure you have your own answers! I'm going to dedicate this post to my answer... channeled through the medium of … Continue reading “Dead” languages… in Lego!
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