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ISIS 2015: Play / Perform / Participate conference
Our colleagues within the department of Media & Culture Studies at Utrecht University will host the second conference by the International Society of Intermedial Studies called Play/Perform/Participate between 16 and 18 April. From the conference website: In today’s mediatized culture and society, we use media for playing, performing, and participating in artistic practices and also…
Read moreFull programme Ludo2015: Learning from Video Game Music conference online
The full programme of the upcoming Learning from Video Game Music conference, hosted by the Ludomusicology research group, is now available online here.Keep an eye on ludomusicology.org for further updates and news. Also, don’t forget to register here!
Read moreCall for papers: Learning from Video Game Music
The Ludomusicology research group will be hosting the two day conference on video game audio “Learning from Video Game Music” to take place on the 9th and 10th of April, 2015 at Utrecht University. The call for proposals is open for papers on the topic of video game music and sound. Papers may contain interdisciplinary…
Read morePlayful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures is now out
Amsterdam University Press has now published the edited volume “Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures”. See here. Digital media technologies increasingly shape how people relate to the world, to other people and to themselves. This prompts questions about present-day mediations of identity. This book explores the notion of play as a heuristic lens…
Read moreTeresa de la Hera receives Spanish award for her PhD thesis “Persuasive Structures in Advergames”
The PhD thesis Persuasive Structures in Advergames by our own Teresa de la Hera has been awarded as the best academic work by a Spanish scholar in the field of audiovisual communication. The prize was awarded by the Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya, a Spanish organisation committed to promoting research in the audiovisual sector. The…
Read moreWe are looking for: Assistant Professor in New Media and Game Studie (1,0 fte)
Please spread the news: the Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, is looking for an: Assistant professor in New Media and Game Studies (1,0 fte) Job description: You will work within the Department of Media and Culture Studies, in particular within the New Media & Digital Culture (NMDC) programme. NMDC is…
Read moreResearch Seminar on Game Studies & Creative Production – May 13
We would like to invite you to an upcoming event, organized on may 13th by the GaP research group with the University of Cologne. During the day representatives of both universities will present their respective research groups and engage in relevant discussions. Please note that the first part is intended for faculty and has a…
Read moreNew Media Studies Magazine #8: The Age of Play
We are proud to present the latest issue New Media Studies Magazine, a magazine created by students of our MA programma New Media & Digital Culture. This issue focuses entirely on the theme The Age of Play. Edited by Laura Coomans and Joeri Taelman, the issue compiles some of the best and most innovative research papers written during the MA courses…
Read moreGraduate Program Game Research at Utrecht University
We are delighted to be able to announce that Utrecht University has started a Graduate Program in Game Research for selected (research) master students participating in one of the participating programs: Game and Media Technology Media and Performance Studies Artificial Intelligence Computing Science Business Informatics Within this graduate program Game Research, excellent student can be offered a PhD position…
Read moreResearch grant for project on Persuasive Gaming
We are happy to announce that we received the official notification that our 1 Million € research project entitled Persuasive Gaming. From Theory-based Design to Validation and Back will be supported by NWO Topsector Creative Industries. Jeroen Jansz (Erasmus University), Ben Schouten (Eindhoven University of Technology), Joke Witteveen (xmediaworks) and Joost Raessens (Utrecht University) will start hiring…
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