Board Games Studies - Jerusalem 2009

Information from the Board Games Studies website: BOARD GAMES STUDIES COLLOQUIA XII Jerusalem, Israel Wednesday, April 22nd - Saturday, April 25th, 2009 Program: 22. 4 Wednesday 0900-0945 booking & reception 0945-1030 Morphing Sudoku from Newspapers to Children Books to Wooden Playground Toy to Plastic Hand-Held Product. - Rafael Sirkis & Daria Ackerman 1030-1115 Computer-Assisted Board Games - Alda Carvalho,Carlos Santos, João Pedro Neto, Jorge Nuno Silva 1115-1200 Playing with Children - Haim Shafir 1200-1330 Lunch break 1330-1415 The Modern Eurogame Revolution - Yehuda Berlinger 1415-1500 Games and Moral - Jorge Nuno Silva 1500-1545 Board Games in Museum and Education. - Piotr Adamczyk 1545-1615 Coffee Break 1615- 1815 Prof Aviezeri games Free Evening 23.4 Thursday 0900-0945 Bondage of Indians with Board Games from Ancient to Modern Times - V.Balambal. 0945-1030 The Game of Chaupad in India - Ute Rettberg 1030-1100 Coffee break 1100-1145 Adventures with the Lewis Chessmen - Irving Finkel 1145-1230 Hyde and seek - David Parlett 1230-1400 Lunch break 1400-1445 From Trictrac to Backgammon. Enlightenment, revolution, the rise of the bourgeoisie and their impact on the culture of play around 1800 - Ulrich Schaedler 1445-1530 Anti-Semitic Games - Simon Cohen 1530-1600 Jerusalem in Games - Gadi Kfir 1600-1630 Coffee brake 1700-2100 Opening ceremony and visiting the Museum of Israel - Cocktail - Honored by: The mayor of Jerusalem, Professor Shalom Sabar, Professor Israel Uman- Nobel price winner Friday 0900-1100 visit & play at the GaMe Exhibition in Jerusalem Science museum 1130-1215 A method to evaluate math games - Piet Notebaert, Luc Blomme 1215-1300 New designing Old tricks Effective redesigning of games - Yoav Ziv 1300-1430 Lunch brake 1430-1545 The game "Academie" of Mr. Van der Gaag - Fred Horn 1545-1630 Invention of Games as a Way of Expression - Klod Hayat 1630-1715 Communication in Board games. - Uri Globus 1700-1730 coffee Break 1730- 1830 walk around the campus of the Hebrew University, Mount Scopus - Gadi Kfir 1900 International games evening - Everybody brings a game from home all participants play in routine 25.5 Saturday 900-1300 Tour through ancient city, from Lion's Gate along the via d' la Rosa to see Roman games, ending at the Notre Dam church. - Nehama Shafran 1300-1430 Break for lunch 1430-1600 Discussion: Board games of the 21 century - Uri Globus 1600-1700 Jerusalem in art of Christian, Moslem, Jewish - Shalom Sabar Colloquium summary and future programs of BGS