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DiGRA 2026 Conference Announcement
The DiGRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that DiGRA 2026 will be hosted at Maynooth University in Maynooth, Ireland from 14 to 18 June 2026.
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Executive Board Fireside Chat, Q3
Members from the DiGRA board will be hosting an hour long ‘fireside chat’ via Zoom on Thursday, September 25th at 10 MST/ 12 EST/ 17 BST / Friday, March 14th at 1 JST/ 2 AEST. The fireside chat will feature a 20 minute review of what the board has accomplished since the AGM, and our…
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GachaCon 2026
We’ll be hosting GachaCon, a hybrid academic conference on gacha games with Genshin Impact as the theme, on 12–13 February 2026 at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. 🇭🇰🇨🇳 Game studies, sociology, culture studies, literary studies, philosophy, art & design, psychology, and law; come one, come all! 🤗
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CfP: ITRA Conference: The Zeitgeist in Toys & Games, Augsburg, Germany, 5. – 7. August 2026
10th ITRA World Conference 5-7 August 2026 Augsburg, Germany Colorful cartoon character flying next to “The Zeitgeist in Toys & Games, 10th ITRA World Conference, Augsburg Germany, 5-7 August, 2026” text on a white background. CALL FOR PROPOSALS Submission Deadline: December 31, 2025 via: oxfordabstracts.com Conference Theme: Throughout recorded history, toys and games have shaped…
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Solidarity Spotlight
This year we are honored to present Piuli Basu, a PhD student at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, as the recipient of the DiGRA Solidarity Fund. Please read more about this outstanding scholar!
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Malta 2025 Highlight: Early Career and Precarious Positions Showcase
We are delighted that the first ever Early Career and Precarious Positions Showcase was a huge success at DiGRA Malta 2025. Chaitanya Solanki (Mahindra University, India); Andrei Zanescu (Concordia University, Canada); Leon Xiao (City University of Hong Kong); Koike Mayu (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan); Kübra Aksay (University of Freiburg, Germany); Camila Freitas (Federal University…
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DiGRA 2025 Distinguished Scholars
At the conclusion of DiGRA 2025 in Malta, three new Distinguished Scholars were inducted: Dr. Seth Giddings, Dr. Kristine Jørgensen, and Dr. Jaakko Stenros.
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Sustainability and Games Summer School
Call for Applications: Summer School of Ecogames and Sustainability in the Video Game Industry at the University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. The STRATEGIES Horizon Europe Project is organizing the Summer School of Ecogames and Sustainability in the Video Game Industry, a 3-day-long program dedicated to critical exploration and academic development around ecologically conscious gaming.
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Welcome to Malta!
This brief news article contains helpful information for DiGRA Malta attendees.
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Dutch DiGRA Symposium 2025: Futures for Game Research
This symposium especially encourages contributions from early career researchers (advanced master students, PhD fellows, post-docs, and independent scholars). We welcome your submissions even if game studies is not your primary field of research. The symposium offers a platform not just for sharing knowledge, but also for sharing pedagogical experience, artistic research, with plenty of time…