Alexander Johan (Alex) de Voogt, a Dutch psychologist, curator in African Ethnology at American Museum of Natural History [1], until 2009 assistant professor at Leiden and Maastricht University. De Voogt researched and published on diverse topics as seventh century Islam, Nubian architecture, and the history of writing systems [2], and is renowned Mancala game researcher holding a Ph.D. on Bao mastership from Leiden University [3]. He is member of the International Society for Board Game Studies [4] and is editor of its journal [5].
Alex de Voogt [6]

Selected Publications

• Alex de Voogt (1995). Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
• Jeroen Donkers, Alex de Voogt, Jos Uiterwijk (2000). Human versus Machine Problem Solving: Winning Openings in Dakon. Accepted for publication in Board Games studies.
• Johan Weststeijn and Alex de Voogt (2002). Sa‘id bin Gubayr: piety, chess and rebellion. Arabica, Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 49(3):383–386 ^[8]
• 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. ISBN 1-84169-336-7, amazon.com
• 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, pdf
• 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 120(1): 225–29 ^{[9] [10]}

External Links

• Alexander de Voogt from Wikipedia
• Faculty - Alex de Voogt - Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History
• Alexander Johan de Voogt from Wikimanqala
• Alexander Johan de Voogt from Mancala World
• Alex de Voogt - Netherlands | LinkedIn

References

1. ^ Faculty - Alex de Voogt - Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History
2. ^ AMNH Expeditions: Our Experts
3. ^ Alex de Voogt (1995). Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
4. ^ Board Game Studies
5. ^ International Journal for the Study of Board Games
6. ^ AMNH Expeditions: Our Experts
7. ^ Alex de Voogt - CV - Selected Publications (pdf)
8. ^ Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Wikipedia
9. ^ Husayn ibn Ali from Wikipedia
10. ^ Umayyad Caliphate from Wikipedia

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