The International Society for Board Game Studies holds yearly colloquia in which scholars, university professors, museum curators, historians, archaeologists, psychologists, mathematicians, game inventors, collectors and others share their research results on board games. Previous BGS colloquia have been held in the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany , USA, UK, Brazil and Austria.

The Ludus Association, the Museum of Science of the University of Lisbon, the Portuguese Mathematical Society and the Center of History of Science of the University of Lisbon will organize the Board Game Studies Colloquium XI.

The Colloquium will be hosted by the Museum of Science (for a map of its location press here).

Our invited speakers will stay at Hotel Amazónia. (Map Hotel-Museum here). To get special prices at this hotel please mention "Board Game Studies Colloquium" when you make your reservation. Use the email reservas@amazoniahoteis.com or the following numbers.

Phone: +351 213 877 006 or 707 200 314 ; Fax: +351 213 879 090 or 210 053 021.

Other possibility (apartments) is At Home in Lisbon.

Contacts

email: bgs08@ludicum.org
phone: +351 917498833 or +351 93 333 1729
fax: +351 217500328

Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa,
Rua da Escola Politécnica, 56,
P-1250-102 Lisboa
Portugal

Added on Abril 29th: See some pictures here and here. Bruce Whitehill's are here.

Authors: please submit your texts by June 15th 2008.