{"title": "«Unlesbar»: Von der Kritzelei bis zur Kryptographie", "start": "2026-11-09T10:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/computer-science", "literature"], "description": "The lecture «Unlesbar»: Von der Kritzelei bis zur Kryptographie explores the phenomenon of unreadable texts. Drawing on examples from the holdings of the Swiss Literary Archive in Bern, it offers a thematic overview. Topics range from old or cryptic handwriting and foreign writing systems to encrypted messages and creative forms of distorting texts and meaning. 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