Workshop "Playing the Aggressor"

Organised by the Ladenburg Research Network “The Aggressor: Self-Perception and External Perception of an Actor Between Nations”, the workshop aims to analyze video games that reconstruct, model, or draw inspiration from historical aggressors and aggression, with a particular focus on conquest, colonization, and resistance. It will explore games where players engage in territorial expansion or resistance, spanning various genres including real-time strategy, grand strategy, and other turn-based strategies and tactical games, among others.