Barcelona 2002 Colloquium

Board Games in Academia V Program   Sunday 21st 19:00-21:00   Welcome Reception Monday 22nd 09:30-10:15   Opening 10:15-11:00 R.Vasantha Board games from the city of Vijayanagara (Hampi) (1336-1565). A survey and study 11:00-11:30   Coffe Break 11:30-12:15 James L. Polczynski An Evolution of the Modern Board War Game 12:15-13:00 Bruce Whitehill Games to Cure a Depression 13:00-15:00   Lunch 15:00-15:45 Tristan Cazenave Comparative evaluation of strategies based on the value of direct threats 15:45-16:30 Maurício de Araújo Lima From India to Minas Gerais/Brazil: oral memory and traces of the Portuguese route 16:30-17:00   Coffe Break 17:00-17:45 Ulrich Schädler A contribution to the history of Backgammon from a non-indological point of view 17:45-18:30 V. Balambal Folk board games of strategy in Tamilnadu Tuesday 23rd 09:30-10:15 Brian Wernham Omweso: The Royal Mancala Game Of Uganda 10:15-11:00 Susanne Formanek and Sepp Linhart Playing with filial piety some remarks on a variation of 19th-century pictorial sugoroku games of Japan 11:00-11:30   Coffe Break 11:30-12:15 Adrian Seville Statistical characteristics of enjoyable race games 12:15-13:00 Manfred A. J. Eder Which games have been played with them? 13:00-15:00   Lunch   Free afternoon to enjoy Sant Jordi 21:00-...   Colloquium Dinner Wendsday 24th 09:30-10:15 Yuki Shigeno, Víctor Baroja, Marc Gonzàlez Use of the game of go as an educational and therapeutical tool 10:15-11:00 Micaela Soar and Irving Finkel A contribution to the history of Backgammon from an indological point of view 11:00-11:30   Coffe Break 12:00-13:00   Visit to the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat 13:00-15:00   Lunch 15:00-15:45 Thierry Wendling H.J.R. Murray and the Study of Games in the Era of the Cambridge School of Ethnology 15:45-16:30 Xavi Bonet Making wood games 16:30-17:00   Coffe Break 17:00-17:45 Albert Violant i Holz Peg Solitaire and Boole Algebras 18:00-19:00   ISBGS Meeting Thursday 25th 09:30-10:15 Irving Finkel On Some Unusual Types of Dice 10:15-11:00 Maria Argyriadis The game of "Chasing the hare" 11:00-11:30   Coffe Break 11:30-12:15 Alex de Voogt Poetry and the history of board games 12:15-13:00 Tony Bloom Gameboards as Sculpture - an Artist's Approach 13:00-15:00   Farewell Lunch Cancelled Giovanni Galanti The playing plot: the narrative construction in board games Program Pictures Place Hotel Information Other Information Abstracts already accepted Call for papers Abstract submission form Inscription form Old information on pdf format (all prices are in euros, although some old computers might not display the symbol) Abstracts of last colloquim lectures

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