Meaningful Play: Ancient Board Games in Context

Meaningful Play is the first ever course on board game history to be taught at the University of Copenhagen. Begins Jan 31, 2017.

Meaningful Play: Ancient Board Games in Context is a course taught by PhD Fellow Jacob Schmidt-Madsen in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (CCRS) at the University of Copenhagen in the spring semester of 2017. The course provides an overview of the history of board games from the earliest times until today. It focuses on the cultural meanings ascribed to board games as represen  ...