Cultural History of Play
Guest lecture by Ulrich Schädler
Wien Museum Online Sammlung
Kulturwissenschaften
Kulturwissenschaften
Ulrich Schädler, classical
archaeologist, game historian and former director of Le Musée Suisse du Jeu, will give an overview of the cultural history
of games and play and will talk about the reconstruction of historical games in the context of international research projects
focussing on games as a social activity. Schädler’s material-based approach to the cultural history of play includes studies
on ancient games, chess and card games, questions about the relationship between play and the bourgeoisie (together with Ernst
Strouhal) and medieval games.
The guest lecture is part of “Homo Ludens
– Past and Present of Game and Play” organised by Florian Bettel and Liddy Scheffknecht.
For more information see:
base.uni-ak.ac.at/showroom/Gsosu8BgYjAo73ms9qjkHD/
