The guest lecture by Jaroslav Švelch is part of the seminar “Homo Ludens – Past and Present of Game and Play” (organised by Florian Bettel and Ernst Strouhal).
Jaroslav Švelch is an assistant professor at Charles University, Prague. He is the author of the recent monograph “Gaming the Iron Curtain: How Teenagers and Amateurs in Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed the Medium of Computer Games” (MIT Press, 2018). He has published work on history and theory of computer games, on humour in games and social media. He is currently researching history, theory, and reception of monsters in games.
For more information visit Jaroslav Švelch’s website: http://svelch.com
Vortragende*r
Švelch, Jaroslav
Ort
Adresse
Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Wien, Österreich
