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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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News Archive
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TAG: Name Writing In Public Space
Posted on May 3, 2017 | No CommentsUpcoming International Conference, Berlin, 14-15 September, 2017 -
Publication: The First Signs
Posted on January 18, 2016 | No CommentsThe first-ever exploration of little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art -
The Idea of Writing: Longhand and Shorthand
Posted on January 5, 2015 | No CommentsUpcoming International Conference, Mainz, 29-30 October, 2015 -
The Idea of Writing: Beyond Speech?
Posted on March 14, 2014 | No CommentsUpcoming International Conference, Leiden, 24-25 October, 2014 -
Non-Textual Marking Systems In Ancient Egypt
Posted on December 20, 2013 | No CommentsUniversity of Warsaw & Humboldt University in Berlin focus on the marks used in Ancient Egypt. -
Signum Publishes The First Issue of Re:marks
Posted on December 9, 2013 | No CommentsRe:marks, the journal of SIGNUM, builds on the success of Traditional Marking Systems. -
Decoding Signs of Identity: Egyptian Workmen’s Marks
Posted on October 19, 2013 | No CommentsUpcoming International Mark Studies Conference, Leiden, 13-15 December 2013 -
New Kingdom Identity Marks in Deir el-Medina
Posted on June 22, 2013 | No CommentsSymbolizing Identity: Ancient Egyptian marks in the village community of Deir el-Medina -
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