Playing War: Simulations, Games, Exercises, and the Representations of Military Force and Violence

When? 27–29 November 2024
Where? Room S. 214, Universität Regensburg & Haus der Begegnung, Hinter der Grieb 8, Regensburg (27 Nov); Altes Finanzamt, Room 319, Landshuter Str. 4, Regensburg (28–29 Nov).

Registration details will be updated shortly.

Concept and organization: Kerrin Langer, Jon-Wyatt Matlack, Frank Reichherzer, Juliane Tomann

In cooperation with: Working Group on Military Forces and Violence of the Bundeswehr Centre for Military History and Social Sciences

The Leibniz ScienceCampus Europe and America in the Modern World, a joint project of the UR and Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) is delighted to invite you to the LSC 2024 Annual Conference in Regensburg. Titled Playing War: Simulations, Games, Exercises, and the Representations of Military Force and Violence, this year's conference is organised by Dr. Kerrin Langer (TU Dortmund), Jon-Wyatt Matlack (LSC), Dr. Frank Reichherzer (ZMSBw), Prof. Juliane Tomann (UR). The conference will take place from 27 November to 29 November in Regensburg.

Preliminary Programme:

Wednesday 27 November

13:00–13:45 Welcome & Introduction

14:00–15:30 PANEL 1: “A School of War" – Notes on the History of the Prussian Kriegsspiel

16:00–17:30 PANEL 2: Present Futures, or: Preparing for the Uncertain

19:30–21:00 Evening Lecture & Discussion On Playing War – Towards a Contextualization

Thursday 28 November

08:30–10:30 PANEL 3: The Fog of Play – Military Training Exercises as Imaginary Spaces of Power

11:00–12:30 PANEL 4: “The Pity of War" – Crimes, Injury and Hardship in Video Games

14:00–15:30 PANEL 5: Fuzzy History and Distorted Pasts

16:00–17:30 PANEL 6: Between Authenticity and Estrangement – Past and Future Realities

18:00–19:00 Keynote and Discussion: Anders Engberg-Pedersen (Odense) | Martial Aesthetics – On Representations of War (Working title)

Friday 29 November

09:00–10:30 PANEL 7: Modeling Realities – Military, War and beyond

11:00–12:00 PANEL 8: Posthuman Gaming – The Human as Interface

12:00–13:00 Conclusion & Discussion