WG2 Webinar Series

WG2 Webinar Series — 2026–2027 Programme

The Cultural Heritage of Games webinar series hosted by GameTable WG2 returns with a new programme for October 2026–October 2027. The talks will explore archaeological discoveries, historical gaming practices and the living heritage of games.

This is a provisional programme. Dates and titles may change. Where only a month is listed, the exact day remains to be confirmed. Further timing and joining details will be announced for individual webinars.

Provisional programme

• October 20, 2026

  Julien Hiquet
  The stratigraphic context of Prehispanic Maya game boards: New evidence from Naachtun (Guatemala), what has changed and what remains unresolved

  18:00 CET · See the announcement and joining details for Julien Hiquet’s webinar →

• November 2026 — day to be confirmed

  Kurush Dalal
  Dating Graffiti

• December 1, 2026

  Tim Penn and Fatih Parlak
  Board Games and Social Space in the Eastern Mediterranean over the longue durée: What Can We Learn from 1,000 Graffiti Gameboards at Aphrodisias?

• January 19, 2027

  Summer Courts
  Boardgames in Jordan: Roman, Early Islamic, and Modern. Reflections on Recent Archaeological and Ethnographic Exploration.

• February 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Francesca Berti
  Traditional Games as Living Heritage: Inside Stewart Culin’s Collections

• March 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Cesco Reale
  Maths in ancient games

• April 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Branislav Kovar
  Recent Research on Game Boards in Central Europe

• May 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Rebecca Bayeck
  Sacred Settings and Technological Adoption: From Gutenberg to Modern Games

  Alexandra Vieira
  Board games in Roman and medieval contexts in Portugal: Archaeological Evidence

• June 8, 2027

  Véronique Dasen
  Alexandrian Counters

• July 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Thomas Daniaux
  Inscribed bone counters from Roman Gaul and Germania. New witnesses of daily activities

• August 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Oksana Ruchynska
  Board Games and Gaming Practices in the Northern Black Sea Region from the Hellenistic to the Late Antique Period

• September 2027 — day to be confirmed

  STSM Results (TBD)

• October 2027 — day to be confirmed

  Necati Alp Erilli
  Nim: Ancient Games to Binary Logic

Previous programmes: 2025–2026 webinar series · Earlier WG2 seminar series.