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DiGRA Solidarity Fund
We are happy to announce the second edition of the DiGRA Solidarity Fund! The fund is meant for providing scholars from less privileged countries with means to travel to the DiGRA international conference which will be held in Sevilla 19-23 June 2023. Last year we provided travel funding for 5 scholars to attend the conference in Krakow.…
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DiGRA 2022 International Conference: July 7-11 in Krakow, Poland.
Due to a range of unavoidable circumstances, including issues created by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, the 2022 DiGRA International Conference will not able to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico this year. While this is deeply disappointing, it is not entirely surprising. Fortunately we have been able to identify a new venue,…
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DiGRA Code of Conduct and Ombuds Team Official Launch!
The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) is pleased to announce the official launch of its Ombuds Team, an organizational ombuds program linked here, and its Code of Conduct, linked here. Both of these efforts are intended to support DiGRA’s ongoing commitment to ensuring the organization and conference are welcoming, supportive, and safe space for scholars…
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DiGRA Call for Ombudspersons
The DiGRA Diversity Working Group is looking to find volunteers to help in the following positions: Ombudsperson (2-3 people) Ombudsperson Secretary (2-3 people). We are seeking to appoint a small group of people to share the responsibility of acting as neutral representatives mediating between members of the association and the board to resolve complaints and…
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DiGRA Call for Conference Hosts
Digital Games Research Conference The Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) has as a central goal the support of an international conference on digital gaming. Eleven conferences have taken place, with two more already planned for 2023 and 2024. This document is a call for proposals for a committee and location to host the 2025 and…
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DiGRA 2019 Deadline Extension
The DiGRA 2019 deadline has been extended by one week. The new deadline is February 12th. We hope this extension encourages even the busiest of you to submit. There will be no other extensions and we sincerely thank everyone who have already submitted or intend to submit before the original deadline for your punctuality. For the…
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CfP: DiGRA 2019 (Kyoto, Japan, 6-10 August)
It is our great pleasure to announce the DiGRA 2019 Call for Papers and Submission Guidelines. We call under the theme ‘Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo Mix’, where ‘media mix’ serves as a starting point for considering games’ convergence, transformation, replication, and expansion from platform, technology, and context to another. For more information and updates…
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CfP: The 5th Annual Chinese DiGRA Conference
Chinese DiGRA is excited to announce the fifth annual conference to be held at the CityU Shenzhen Research Institute from the 7th to the 9th of September 2018. Conference themes We invite submissions on any aspect of Chinese games, game industries, game design and gaming cultures. We also invite submissions from people located in the Chinese-speaking region…
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CFP for DiGRA Italia 2018: Women, LGBTQI & Allies: videogiochi e identità di genere // video games and gender identities
We are proud to announce the CFP for DiGRA Italia 2018: Women, LGBTQI & Allies: videogiochi e identità di genere // video games and gender identities. The conference will be held in Palermo (Sicily), Cantieri Culturali della Zisa, 1 June 2018. In the following the Italian CFP, followed by the English version. ——————————————————————…
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Announcement: DiGRA Nordic 2018
Nordic DiGRA 2018 Call for Papers “Subversion, Transgression, and Controversy in Play” University of Bergen, Norway, Nov 28-30, 2018 https://digranordic2018.w.uib.no Video games have a reputation of being rebellious, often being the target of controversies and criticism for their inclusion of excessive and speculative content, as well as for the opportunities for players to engage in…
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CfP: British DiGRA 2018 (14th – 15th June 2018), Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent
Call for Papers (published 19/2/2018) British DiGRA 2018 The second annual conference of British DiGRA. 14th – 15th June 2018 Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent The Medium is the Game Since 2003 and the first DiGRA convention in 2003, we have seen a huge change in the ways that Games Studies understands itself and has…
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DiGRA 2018 Deadline Extension to Feb 9, 2018.
Please note that the deadline for extended abstracts, full papers and panels submission for Digra 2018 has been extended to February 9. As usual, all info at digra2018.com.