Zukunftsphilologie Will Survive
The finale of the Transregional Academy “World Script: Concepts and Practices of Writing from a Comparative Perspective” took place in...
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10 things I learned at World Scripts in Cape Town
We are happy to present a first World Scripts report entitled 10 things I learned at World Scripts in Cape...
Tom Mullaney: Hot Metal Empire: Type, Media, and Colonialism
Due to visa problems, Tom Mullaney, participant of the World Scripts Winter Academy, was unable to attend the ATypI conference...
Ronit Ricci: “Arabic Script in the Indonesian-Malay World”
Ronit Ricci (Australian National University) held this lecture about “Arabic Scripts in the Indonesian-Malay World” during the Winter Academy “World...
Bodhisattva Kar: “Reading Stones, Writing Skins: The Savage Naga and the Limits of Language”
Bodhisattva Kar (University of Cape Town), “Reading Stones, Writing Skins: The Savage Naga and the Limits of Language”. He held...
Michael Allan: “The Shape of the Word: Reflections on Language and Matter”
Michael Allan (University of Oregon), “The Shape of the Word: Reflections on Language and Matter”. He held this lecture during...
Stefan Leder: “Arabic Philology and the Conquest of Foreign Languages”
Stefan Leder is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Martin-Luther-University in Halle/Germany and since October 2007 director of the...
Margherita Trento “From Orthodoxy to Orthography. Writing Christianity in the Tamil Country (XVI-XVII centuries)”
From Orthodoxy to Orthography: Writing Christianity in the Tamil Country (XVI-XVII centuries) In my research project, I explore the history...
Tom Mullaney “Hot Metal Empire: Script, Media, and Colonialism in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East”
Hot Metal Empire: Script, Media, and Colonialism in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East At the turn of the twentieth...
Ulug Kuzuoglu “Informed Minds: Communication, Cognition, and Script in China, 1892-1955”
Informed Minds: Communication, Cognition, and Script in China, 1892-1955 My dissertation, “Informed Minds: Communication, Cognition, and Script in China, 1892-1955,”...
Nir Shafir “Pamphlets and Graffiti as a Means of Rethinking the Connection Between Writing and Power in the Early Modern Islamic World”
Pamphlets and Graffiti as a Means of Rethinking the Connection Between Writing and Power in the Early Modern Islamic World...
Enis Erdem Aydin “Modernizing the Ottoman Script in the Early 20th Century: Revisiting the ‘Separated Letters’ ”
Modernizing the Ottoman Script in the Early 20th Century: Revisiting the “Separated Letters” Following the newborn Turkish Republic’s decision to...
Meikal Mumin “The Arabic Script in Africa”
The Arabic Script in Africa For my PhD, I am studying Chimiini (also known as Chimwiini, Chimbalazi, or Baravanese), a...
Vu Duc Liem “Beyond the Empires: Bureaucratic Manuscripts and Political Culture in Early Nineteenth-Century Vietnam and China”
Beyond the Empires: Bureaucratic Manuscripts and Political Culture in Early Nineteenth-Century Vietnam and China This is a study of trans-cultural...
Arun Rasiah “On the Shores of Learning: Scriptural Formations of Muslim Intellectual Culture in the Indian Ocean World”
On the Shores of Learning: Scriptural Formations of Muslim Intellectual Culture in the Indian Ocean World This project examines the...
