[Air-L] Call for Applications - IASGAR Research Day "Digital Games and Values" - Deadline July 1

[Lisa Kienzl]

Dear colleagues,

below you find the Call for Applications for the IASGAR Research Day "Digital
Games and Values" that will be held on September 28th 2024 hybrid (on site
at the University of Bremen and online) exclusively for early-stage
researchers, graduate students and doctoral students!


Deadline for applications: July 1st, 2024.

Please find further information below or
https://iasgar.uni-bremen.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IASGAR_Call_For_Applications_2024.pdf
.


Kind regards,
Lisa Kienzl


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Digital Gaming and Values

Call for Applications for the 3. IASGAR Research Day

September 28th 2024

Hybrid: University of Bremen, Germany / online

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The International Academy for Study of Gaming and Religion (IASGAR) (
https://iasgar.uni-bremen.de/) and the Research Area Digital Gaming (
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/forschungsschwerpunkt/digital-gaming-en/) at
the ZeMKI – Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research is
hosting its third IASGAR Research Day. Exclusively for early-stage
researchers, graduate students and doctoral students, the workshop welcomes
research on media-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and
publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The workshop provides a unique
opportunity for participants to engage in discussions and debates about
theoretical approaches for studying the intersection of religion, culture,
and video gaming.

The IASGAR Research Day 2024 offers a chance to engage in a critical
exchange about practical methods and theoretical approaches for the
scientific handling of video gaming and culture. It will provide a
collaborative learning environment for scholars and will give graduate
students, PhD students and other early-stage researchers the opportunity to
discuss their work and receive feedback from renowned international
scholars from the field.

Send a brief CV and a letter expressing your interest to
iasgar at uni-bremen.de, including your field of study and interest in
religion/culture and video gaming research. Participants will be chosen
based on their interest letters. The selected participants will be
requested to submit a detailed project description (approximately 2000
words), which will be presented and discussed during the workshop. Invited
scholars and selected peers will provide feedback and comments on the
participants' projects

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Experts:

John W. Borchert, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Christopher Helland, Dalhousie University

Lissa Holloway-Attaway, University of Skövde

Zhange Ni, Virginia Tech

Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen

Gia Coturri Sorenson, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Lars de Wildt, University of Groningen

Karsten Wolf, University of Bremen

Xenia Zeiler, University of Helsinki

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The best papers get the opportunity to get published as reports in the
international peer-reviewed journal gamevironments (
https://journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/gamevironments/). Further
information will be provided at the workshop.

The IASGAR Research Day 2024 will be held in a hybrid form – at site at the
University of Bremen, Germany and online. It is a pre-workshop to the
international conference "Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital
Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized Society", which will be held from September
30 to October 2 2024 at the University of Bremen. All workshop participants
are welcome to also participate in the conference:
https://beyondplay2024.org.

There is no attendance fee for the IASGAR Research Day 2024. If
participating on site boarding and lodging must be organized individually.

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Timeline

July 1st Deadline for applications

July 5th Decision of abstract acceptance

July 15th Registration for the workshop

September 6th Deadline submission full papers

September 28th IASGAR Research Day 2024