“Lessons from ‘Leaving Arabistan’: New Possibilities for Academic & Games Industry Collaborations.”

On Wednesday 7 May 2025 at 17:00, we’re delighted to be hosting a research seminar with speaker Dr Glaire Anderson (Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh and founding director of mission-driven startup Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections). In this talk, Glaire will speak about her work bridging the video games, GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), and academic sectors. Anderson was an external historian and art historian on Assassin’s Creed Mirage and its ‘History of Baghdad’ educational Codex feature (Ubisoft, 2023). She will discuss how her recent experiences as an industry consultant and collaborator, as a speaker at GDC 2024, and as an academic game developer and intrapreneur is engaging with ongoing debates about historical and cultural representations in games, and the positive social impact of games. The seminar will be held in person in B.H05 Lecture Theatre, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, University of Bristol.