『International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013』開催のお知らせ(CFP: 3/15に締切を変更しました)

立命館大学ゲーム研究センターは2013年5月24-26日に『International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013』(共催:Prince Takamado Japan Centre, University of Alberta, Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, University of Alberta, GRAND Network of Centres of Excellence)を開催いたします。
開催にあたり研究発表を募集いたします。詳しくは下記の原稿募集(Call for paper:PDFファイル)をご確認ください。締切は、2013年2月15日です。
→締め切りを、2013年3月15日(金)まで延長いたします。
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International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013

Main Organizer Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, Ritsumeikan University
Co-organizers Prince Takamado Japan Centre, University of Alberta
Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, University of Alberta
GRAND Network of Centres of Excellence
Dates May 24-26, 2013
Venue Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Kinugasa Campus
Conference website www.ptjc.ualberta.ca (2023年01月16日現在 リンク切れ)



We are pleased to announce the international Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013 to be held at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, May 24-26, 2013.
This conference is collaboratively organized by Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, the Prince Takamado Japan Centre, and the Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, University of Alberta with support from the GRAND Network of Centres of Excellence.
The conference is the second collaboratively organized conference focusing broadly on Japanese game culture, education and industry.
We invite a broad range of papers dealing with game culture, education and games and the Japanese game industry from the perspectives of humanities, social sciences, business or education. The range of topics has typically included (but is not limited to):

  • Cross cultural study of games and toys
  • Localization of games
  • Assessment of educational aspects of games
  • Preservation of games and game culture
  • Understanding player culture
  • Game industry (in Japan and transnationally)
  • Games and transmedia phenomena
  • Games of chance

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words via email to ptjc@ualberta.ca, before February 15, 2013 (New due date: 15, March, 2013). Figures, tables and references, which do not count towards the 500 words, may be included on a second page. Please submit your anonymized abstract (and supporting second page) in PDF format with a just title. The following information should be in the accompanying email message: Title of paper, Name of author(s), Affiliation(s), Address(es), Phone (and Fax) number(s), and Email address(es). Notification of acceptance will be send out by March 30, 2013. Abstracts will be accepted in English.
For more information, please visit the website at www.ptjc.ualberta.ca, or contact Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, Ritsumeikan University at rcgs@st.ritsumei.ac.jp .

Conference Co-Chairs

  • Mitsuyuki Inaba, College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University
  • Kaori Kabata, Prince Takamado Japan Centre, University of Alberta

Program committee

  • Kazufumi FUKUDA, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Koichi HOSOI, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Masaharu MIYAWAKI, College of Law, Ritsumeikan University
  • Akinori NAKAMURA, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Geoffrey Rockwell, Canadian Institute for Research Computing in the Arts, University of Alberta
  • Masayuki UEMURA, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Shuji WATANABE, College of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Hiroshi YOSHIDA, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University