Call for Papers: The Evolutions of Board Games

The evolutions of Board Games: materials, practices and design

Board Game Studies Colloquium, Paris
12th - 15th May 2020

Proposals are invited for the annual Board Game Studies colloquium, an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and practicians from many different fields and disciplines. 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 theme for this edition is "the evolutions of Board Games: materials, practices and design". This refers to the transformations of board games in terms of material, game play or mechanics, the evolutions of the players, of the social spaces of play, of the mathematical or computer processing of games, or the ways board games are designed, crafted, sold or acquired.

Please submit proposals to bgs2020@univ-paris13.fr by 15th January 2020.