The second talk in the Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA) Research Group colloquium series will be delivered by Dr. Ömer Fatih (Assistant Professor at the Cappadocia University, Türkiye).

The 2025 ASTRA COLLOQUIUM series, entitled ”The Ludic Languages of Asia: Sources and Terminologies”, brings together board game scholars working with primary sources in a variety of Asian languages. It asks them to present their sources and discuss questions of context, structure, content, and language use. The goal is not only to establish connections between specific games and game cultures, but also between researchers and methodologies. The series is rooted in a larger project to build a database of ludic terminologies across linguistic glossaries in Asia.

The event is addressed to students and academics.

Further information: https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/strategic-minds-timeless-moves-exploring-satranc-name-i-kebir-great-book-chess-1503-firdevsi