The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World presents
Re-Rolling the Past: Representations and Reinterpretations of Antiquity in Analog and Digital Games
Conference organized by Gabriel Mckee (ISAW) and Daniela Wolin (Yale University & ISAW Research Affiliate)
Wednesday-Friday, November 11-13, 2020
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Via Zoom
212.992.7800
This multi-day conference will take place online on November 11th, 12th, and 13th; a Zoom link will be provided via confirmation email from Eventbrite to registered participants.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
11:00am Re-Rolling the Past: Representations and Reinterpretations of Antiquity in Analog and Digital Games
Gabriel Mckee (ISAW)
11:20am Video Game Antiquity and the Immediacy of Digital Heritage
Andrew Reinhard (American Numismatic Society)
11:50am Hounds and Jackals and its Variants in Modern Times
Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
12:20pm Assassin's Creed Origins as Time Machine
Christian Casey (ISAW)
12:40pm Game Spaces and Indexical Storytelling
Clara Fernandez-Vara (NYU Game Center)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
11:00am New Strategies for Teaching Old Games: Playful Approaches to Teaching Ancient Economic and Institutional History
David Ratzan (ISAW)
11:25am Knowledge Checks: Representing (and Teaching) the Ancient Near East through Gaming
Gina Konstantopoulos (University of Tsukuba)
12:00pm Gamifying Gamification at Pompeii
Sebastian Heath (ISAW)
12:30pm Dwelling in Archaeology: Virtual Museum of Bamiyan in the Game Engine of PlayCanvas
Mi Wang (NYU)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
11:00am The Painful Art of Abstraction: Representing the Ancient World in Modern Games
Hamish Cameron (Victoria University of Wellington)
11:25am Systems, Theming and Accuracy in Representations of the Past in Games
Alexander King (NYU Game Center)
11:55am Gender Across the Board: Representations in Ancient World-Themed Games
Daniela Wolin (Yale University & ISAW)
12:20pm From Ggent Based Model to Analogue Archaeogame: How We Made FORVM: Trade Empires of Rome
Shawn Graham (Carleton College)
1:30pm Panel Discussion
Registration is required; a single registration is valid for all three days of the conference; link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/re-rolling-the-past-representations-and-reinterpretations-of-antiquity-registration-123193235283
Please check isaw.nyu.edu for event updates.