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  • Interview
  • Mar 26, 2025
  • 00:33:21
Jacob Schmidt-Madsen on the History of Modern Board Games

Postdoctoral Scholar Jacob Schmidt-Madsen was invited to talk with host Ben Maddox on the Five Games for Doomsday (5G4D) podcast. 

Jacob talks about the history of modern board games, in particular, the relationship between games and language. In that light, he also introduces the upcoming High Gravity Talks event with Alex de Voogt on "The Ludic Lexicon and the History of Games." 

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© Ben Maddox on Five Games for Doomsday, 2025

Resources
Listen to Episode on Spotify Go to "5 Games 4 Doomsday" on Spotify Go to High Gravity Talks Event Series Go to ASTRA Colloquium Program
High Gravity Talks

The High Gravity Talks series aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue by bringing leading voices to the MPIWG. Each year, ASTRA invites a few distinguished and world-renowned scholars to Berlin to deliver public lectures on topics relevant to the group’s research into Eurasian astral sciences, broadly defined, and to engage with a broader academic and public audience.