When: April 4th 2019, 13:00-19:00 Where: Seminar Room (SR) 17 (I374), 3rd floor, Economic Studies building, Institutsgebäude, Grimmaische Straße 12 What: A public workshop exploring the mutual relations between games and nations. Game studies as an academic discipline focuses predominantly on English-language, often globally available games, and on Anglophone game ...
Read MoreReport of the 4th International Workshop on „Japan’s Videogames Between the Local and the Global“
Our last workshop on „Japanese Videogames Between the Local and the Global“, part of the PaJaKo project, has taken place on September 24-25 2018 at Ritsumeikan University. The event was organized and moderated by Prof. Hiroshi Yoshida from Ritsumeikan University and Dr. Martin Picard from Leipzig University, in collaboration with Jun.-Prof. ...
Read MoreKeio SFC and Leipzig University [j]GamesLab
Between July and August 2018, Stefan Brückner and Yukiko Sato, two PhD students from the Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance (Shonan Fujisawa Campus) were allowed to use the [j]GamesLab to conduct a series of experiments.
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Read MoreGuest lecture – Emil Lundedal Hammar
In the context of our research interests towards historical video games and memory studies, it was our pleasure to welcome Emil Lundedal Hammar for a guest lecture. The presentation was followed by a round table and discussion on the topic. When: Thursday, June 14th 2018, 17h-19h Where: Room M 103, Institute ...
Read MoreReport of the 3rd International Workshop on „Japan’s Videogames Between the Local and the Global“
After the first two successful workshops in June 2017 at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan (see our report) and in November 2017 at Leipzig University (see our report), the 3rd International Workshop „Japanese Videogames Between the Local and the Global“, part of the PaJaKo project, has taken place on April ...
Read MoreLudo2018 conference in Leipzig
Last Weekend the Seventh European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound was taking place at HMT Leipzig. Hosted by Christoph Hust (HMT Leipzig) and Martin Roth (University of Leipzig) it was the first time the Ludo conference took place in Germany. This year again European researchers gathered talking about sound and ...
Read MoreJapan’s Digital Cultures: winter semester wrap up
The semester break is ending and, with it, the winter session of our new game studies class comes to a close. We are very thankful to everyone attending our Japan’s Digital Cultures seminar. Both avid gamers and curious newcomers participated in what was a very stimulating project that will continue ...
Read More3rd International Workshop „Japanese Videogames Between the Local and the Global“
After the first two successful workshop in June 2017 at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan (see our report) and in November 2017 at Leipzig University (see our report), the 3rd International Workshop „Japanese Videogames Between the Local and the Global“, part of the PaJaKo project, is taking place on April ...
Read MoreReport of the 2nd International Workshop on „Japan’s Videogames Between the Local and the Global“
After the first successful workshop in June 2017 at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, the 2nd International Workshop “Japanese Videogames Between the Local and the Global”, part of the PaJaKo project, has taking place on November 16th and November 17th, 2017 at Leipzig University, organized and moderated by Dr. Martin ...
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