variable_d lecture series at Dartmouth College 2009!

Come one, come all to the variable_d lecture series on Digital Arts and Humanities this Winter and Spring at Dartmouth College, Hanover NH. Jesper Juul, Celia Pearce, Nick Montfort, Tracy Fullerton, Eric Zimmerman, Katherine Isbister, Luis von Ahn, and Doris Rusch will be visiting from January 2009 – June 2009. We are very pleased to bring these fine scholars, artists, and designers to campus.
Wednesday January 14, 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028))
Jesper Juul, from the MIT Gambit Lab, gives a public lecture at Dartmouth, “The Meaning of Video Games: On Today’s Debates in Video Game Studies”

Tuesday February 3, Tuesday 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028))
Celia Pearce, Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech, game designer, and game researcher gives a public lecture on games research.

Wednesday February 11, 2008 4:30 pm ((Dartmouth Campus, Silsby 028)
Poet, Computer Scientist, and Blogger Nick Montfort, Assistant Professor at MIT, “A New Dimension for All-Text Interactive Fiction.”

Course Discussions: (in Tiltfactor, 304 North Fairbanks; interested students welcome with RSVP to tiltfactor@gmail.com)
Thursday January 15, 2-4 pm
Jesper Juul leads a discussion on Half-Real and his recent work

Tuesday February 3, 2008 2-4 pm
Celia Pearce, on game art doll play, and dress up.

Thursday February 12, 2008 2-4 pm
Nick Montfort on platforms, interactive fiction, classic games, and narrative