XXIII BOARD GAME STUDIES COLLOQUIUM
The Evolutions of Board Games
Paris, 13-16 April 2021
COVID-19 UPDATE
Thanks to the generosity of our Dutch colleagues, who have accepted to postpone the initially planned Leeuwarden colloquium to 2022, we are pleased to announce that the 23rd Board Game Studies colloquium will finally be held in Paris in 2021!
The date is set to 13-16 April 2021.
Further information will follow in September.
We look forward to welcoming you in Paris next year!
The Organising Committee
Welcome to the website of the XXIIIrd Board Game Studies colloquium
The Board Game Studies colloquium is a 4-day conference that will take place on 13-16 April 2021 in Paris, at the MSH Paris-Nord conference center. It is organized by the laboratory EXPERICE (University Paris 13), Game in Lab and the LabEx ICCA.
The annual BGS colloquium is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and practitioners from many fields and disciplines. This convergence allows game studies to be approached from multiple points of view: the research findings and knowledge disseminated in past colloquia have embraced archaeological evidence, cross-cultural connections, mathematical, psychological and social implications of past and present gaming practices.
The evolutions of Board Games
The theme for this edition is « the evolutions of Board Games ».
This refers to the transformations of board games in terms of material, game play or mechanics as well as the evolutions of the players, of the social spaces of play, or the ways board games are designed, crafted, sold or acquired.
Organization committee
Jean-Emmanuel Barbier
Haute Ecole de Bruxelles-Brabant
Gabrielle Fauste
Game in Lab
Virginie Tacq
Haute Ecole de Bruxelles-Brabant
Vincent Berry
University Paris 13
Mikaël Le Bourhis
Game In Lab
Michel Van Langendonckt
Haute Ecole de Bruxelles-Brabant
Gilles Brougère
University Paris 13
Lisa Rougetet
University of Brest
Vinciane Zabban
University Paris 13
Thierry Depaulis
International Society for Board Games studies
Ulrich Schädler
Swiss Museum of Games
Scientific committee
Manuel Boutet
University Nice Sophia Antipolis
Thierry Depaulis
International Society for Board Game Studies
Jorge Nuno Silva
University of Lisbon
Tristan Cazenave
University Paris Dauphine
Eddie Duggan
International Society for Board Game Studies
Lisa Rougetet
University of Brest
Olivier Caïra
University of Evry
Michaël Huchette
University Paris 13
Ulrich Schädler
Swiss Museum of Games
Alex De Voogt
Drew University
Edwige Lelièvre
University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
