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Alex de Voogt [1] Alexander Johan (Alex) de Voogt,

a Dutch psychologist, researcher and associate professor at Drew University, who worked as curator in African Ethnology at American Museum of Natural History. Until 2009 he was affiliated with Leiden and Maastricht University. Alex de Voogt researched and published on diverse topics as seventh century Islam, Nubian architecture, and the history of writing systems, and is renowned Mancala game researcher holding a Ph.D. on Bao mastership from Leiden University [2]. He is member of the International Board Game Studies Association and member of the editorial board of its journal [3].

Selected Publications#

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1995 …#

• Alex de Voogt (1995). Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
• Alex de Voogt (1995). Mancala: Board Games. Trustees of the British Museum
• Alex de Voogt (1998). Seeded Players. Natural History Magazine, 2/98

2000 …#

• Jeroen Donkers, Alex de Voogt, Jos Uiterwijk (2000). [ https://www.academia.edu/2543121/Human_versus_Machine_Problem-Solving_Winning_Openings_in_Dakon Human versus Machine Problem Solving: Winning Openings in Dakon. Journal of Board Game Studies, Vol. 3
• Johan Weststeijn, Alex de Voogt (2002). Sa’id b. Gubayr: Piety, Chess and Rebellionn. Arabica, Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Vol. 49, No. 3 [6]
• Alex de Voogt (2002). Reproducing board game positions: Western Chess and African Bao. Swiss Journal of Psychology, Vol 61, No. 4
• Jeroen Donkers, Jos Uiterwijk, Alex de Voogt (2002). Mancala Games - Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. In Jean Retschitzki, Rosita Haddad-Zubel (eds.) (2002). Step by Step. Proceedings of the 4th Colloquium Board Games in Academia. Edition Universitaires Fribourg Suisse
• Alex de Voogt (2003). Muyaka’s poetry in the history of Bao. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 66, No. 1
• Fernand Gobet, Alex de Voogt, Jean Retschitzki (2004). Moves in Mind: The Psychology of Board Games. Psychology Press
• Alex de Voogt (2005). A Question of Excellence - a century of African masters. Africa World Press: Trenton, New Jersey
• Tom Kronenburg, Jeroen Donkers, Alex de Voogt (2006). Never-Ending Moves in Bao. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2
• Johan Weststeijn, Alex de Voogt (2007). Dreams in Tabari: Husayn, Jubayr, and those in God’s favor in the Umayyad period. Le Muséon: Revue d’Études Orientales, Vol. 120, No. 1 [7] [8]
• Alex de Voogt (2008). Mancala. Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, 2nd edition, Springer

2010 …#

• Alex de Voogt (2010). Mancala players at Palmyra. Antiquity, Vol. 84, No. 326 [9]
• Alex de Voogt (2012). Mancala at the pyramids of Meroe. Antiquity, Vol. 86, No. 334 [10]
• Alex de Voogt (2017). Strategic interactions: Games of the Ju|‘hoan. Learning & Behavior, Vol. 45 [11]
• Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi, Walter Crist, Alex de Voogt (2017). An Egyptian Game in Athens. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections, Vol. 15
• Alex de Voogt, Wim van Mourik (2017). Jeu de dames: A Game for Women in Renaissance Europe. Early Modern Women, Vol. 12.1
• Alex de Voogt (2017). Strategic games in society: the geography of adult play. International Journal of Play, Vol. 6, No. 3
• Jelmer Eerkens, Alex de Voogt (2017). The Evolution of Cubic Dice: From the Roman through Post-Medieval Period in the Netherlands. Acta Archaeologica
• Akane Okoshi, Alex de Voogt (2018). Mancala in Surinamese Maroon Communities: The Expedition of Melville J. Herskovits. Board Game Studies Journal [12]
• Alex de Voogt, Lisa Rougetet, Nathan Epstein (2018). Using Mancala in the Mathematics Classroom. The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 112, No. 1
• Alex de Voogt (2019). The Comoros: a confluence of board game histories. Board Game Studies Journal

2020 …#

• Sandra Danilovic, Alex de Voogt (2020). Making Sense of Abstract Board Games: Toward a Cross-Ludic Theory. Games and Culture Online

External Links#

• Alexander de Voogt from Wikipedia
• Alexander Johan de Voogt | Mancala World | Fandom

References#

1. ↑ Alex de Voogt | Drew University - Academia.edu
2. ↑ Alex de Voogt (1995). Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
3. ↑ Ludus-Opuscula BGSJ - Editorial Board
4. ↑ Alex de Voogt - Google Scholar Citations
5. ↑ Alex de Voogt | Drew University - Academia.edu
6. ↑ Sa’id ibn Jubayr from Wikipedia
7. ↑ Husayn ibn Ali from Wikipedia
8. ↑ Umayyad Caliphate from Wikipedia
9. ↑ Palmyra from Wikipedia
10. ↑ Nubian pyramids from Wikipedia
11. ↑ Juǀʼhoan language from Wikipedia
12. ↑ Melville J. Herskovits from Wikipedia

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