[ecrea] CEEGS (Central and Eastern European Game Studies) 2018 conference

We’d like to announce that the submission deadline for the CEEGS 
(Central and Eastern European Game Studies) conference 2018 - Ludic 
Expressions (Prague, Oct 11-13) has been postponed to June 10.

The call follows:

CEEGS 2018: Ludic Expressions

October 11-13rd, Prague

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO June 10, 2018

Call for Papers

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

CEEGS (Central and Eastern European Game Studies conference) is a 
gathering of game scholars organized annually by academics from the 
region of Central and Eastern Europe, but its thematic scope is not 
limited to regional topics, and it welcomes participants from anywhere 
in the world.

The 2018 conference will be hosted by the Film Faculty of Prague’s 
Academy of Performing Arts, which will be opening the country’s first 
Master’s game design program in 2019. Our first two confirmed keynote 
speakers are Clara Fernández-Vara (New York University) and Jesper Juul 
(Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). Read more here: 
http://2018.ceegs.eu/#About**

THEME AND SCOPE

Although often considered toys, entertainment products, and pastimes 
disconnected from the real life, games have been recognized by both 
academics and designers as a means to express ideas, opinions, feelings, 
and experiences. Games can promote or subvert ideology, induce hope or 
fear, or make us feel empathy or enmity towards their characters. Games 
are never completely innocent, and always – in ways both subtle and 
explicit – interact with the social or political context; they provide 
us with designed experiences intended to make us feel or think in 
certain ways.

The fifth annual CEEGS conference wants to bring focus to the expressive 
potential of digital and non-digital games. It aims to explore what - 
and how - is expressed through games and how players interact with and 
interpret ludic expressions in their own practices. We welcome academic 
contributions related to the exploration of games as an expressive 
medium from any relevant disciplinary perspective, including the 
following topics:

-              structural and ontological properties of games as a 
medium of expression

-              aesthetic explorations of games

-              histories of ludic expressions

-              relationship of games to other media

-              games and affect

-              game design as an interdisciplinary and reflective endeavor

-              sociology and ethnography of game design

-              technology and computation as an opportunity or obstacle 
in ludic expression

-              local, regional, and international trends in game design 
and game cultures

-              player reception of ludic expressions

-              subversive and transgressive game design and gameplay

-              critique of design and industry paradigms

-              current trends in game industries and their effects on 
content of games

-              in-game representations of real-life events and social 
phenomena

-              games, activism and tactical media

-              the “indie” game paradigm and expressivity

-              fringe and outsider games

-              game design education between the needs of industry and 
artistic visions

-              expressions about games - player and fan discourses

-              players’ expressions beyond gameplay

We encourage you to incorporate your own research topic and perspectives 
into the proposed framework, but we are open to all kinds and shapes of 
game studies papers. We welcome submissions from academics, educators, 
students, and designers.

SUBMISSIONS

Papers for CEEGS 2018 should be submitted as abstracts of approximately 
500 words (400 words minimum and 600 words maximum). Each submission 
needs to be accompanied by a list of references cited within the 
abstract, which do not count towards the word limit.

You can submit your abstracts through EasyChair at: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ceegs2018

You can find more information about the submission and review process on 
the conference website, http://2018.ceegs.eu/#Submissions

WORKSHOPS

CEEGS has a long tradition of inspiring workshops, meant mainly to 
present and discuss work-in-progress research. Workshops will take place 
on the first day of the conference, October 11. If you want to propose a 
workshop, please contact the Organizing Committee by the submission 
deadline date (June 10).

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: June 10, 2018 (extended from June 1)

Notification to authors: July 10, 2018

Early bird registration deadline: September 1, 2018

Registration deadline: September 30, 2018

Conference: October 11-13, 2018

CONFERENCE FEE

Early bird (until September 1st): 30 EUR

Regular: 45 EUR

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Helena Bendová (Academy of Performing Arts, Prague)

Jaroslav Švelch (University of Bergen)

Lubor Kopecký (Academy of Performing Arts, Prague)

Vít Šisler (Charles University, Prague)

Jakub Gemrot (Charles University, Prague)

Lukáš Kolek (Charles University, Prague)

Conference statute and Steering Committee members: 
http://2018.ceegs.eu/CEEGS_Statute.pdf

PROGRAM CHAIR

Tomasz Z. Majkowski (Jagiellonian University, Krakow), email: 
(tomasz.majkowski /at/ uj.edu.pl)

CONTACT

For information and updates, please refer to the conference website 
ceegs.eu or the Facebook page. For any inquiries, do not hesitate to 
contact us at (contact /at/ ceegs.eu)


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