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Welcome To Signum
Signum is a cooperative association of academics and specialists from around the world, united by their common interest in marks and how we use them. Signum has been established to promote and support mark studies through conferences, publications and dissemination of news related to this emerging interdisciplinary field.
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Recent Posts
- From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script: An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks
- TAG: Name Writing In Public Space
- Publication: The First Signs
- The Idea of Writing: Longhand and Shorthand
- Publication: Understanding Lapidary Signs
- The Idea of Writing: Beyond Speech?
- Publication: Branding Terror
- Non-Textual Marking Systems In Ancient Egypt
- Signum Publishes The First Issue of Re:marks
- Decoding Signs of Identity: Egyptian Workmen’s Marks
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About Author: Oliver Timken Perrin
Posts by Oliver Timken Perrin
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Stockholm 2012 Signum Mark Studies Conference
Posted on October 26, 2012 | No CommentsThe 2012 Signum Mark Studies Conference took place at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm -
Announcing Signum 2012 Mark Studies Conference
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe First International Mark Studies Conference, Stockholm, October 18-19, 2012 -
Publication: Franz Ržiha’s 1881 Mark Study
Posted on December 1, 2011 | No CommentsA French edition of Studien über Steinmetz-Zeichen co-published by Véga/La Nef de Salomon -
XVIII International Glyptography Conference
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe 18th International C.I.R.G. Glyptography Conference upcoming in Spain, July 2012 -
Publication: The Science of the Swastika
Posted on May 15, 2011 | No CommentsA study of Sinnbildforschung, German ideograph studies, and the National Socialist regime. -
Virtue: Chivalry as a Memory Tradition
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsArt and Artes Memorativae. Painted images, schematized graphics and text. -
Publication: Cultures of Commodity Branding
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsA recent UCL series publication takes a new view of the historical continuity of branding. -
Re:marks journal to launch in 2013
Posted on April 29, 2011 | No CommentsSignum to launch Re:marks, a journal focused on contemporary and historical mark use. -
Signum Launches Internationally
Posted on April 29, 2011 | No CommentsSignum is now launching internationally, scholars and specialists are invited to join. -
Publication: Traditional Marking Systems
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsSignum announces the 2010 publication of Traditional Marking Systems.