Alex de Voogt

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|| [[image:1-Alex.jpg link="http://www.amnhexpeditions.org/experts"]] ||~ || **Alexander Johan (Alex) de Voogt**,
a Dutch [[Psychology|psychologist]], curator in African [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnology|Ethnology]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History|American Museum of Natural History]] <ref>[[http://rggs.amnh.org/faculty/view/44|Faculty - Alex de Voogt - Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History]]</ref>, until 2009 assistant professor at [[Leiden University|Leiden]] and [[Maastricht University]]. De Voogt researched and published on diverse topics as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_7th_century_Muslim_history|seventh century]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam|Islam]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_architecture|Nubian architecture]], and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_writing|history of writing systems]] <ref>[[http://www.amnhexpeditions.org/experts|AMNH Expeditions: Our Experts]]</ref>, and is renowned [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancala|Mancala]] game researcher holding a Ph.D. on [[Bao]] mastership from [[Leiden University]] <ref>[[Alex de Voogt]] (**1995**). //Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership//. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications</ref>. He is member of the International Society for //Board Game Studies// <ref>[[http://www.boardgamestudies.info/|Board Game Studies]]</ref> and is editor of its journal  <ref>[[http://www.boardgamestudies.info/studies/|International Journal for the Study of Board Games]]</ref>. ||
|| Alex de Voogt  <ref>[[http://www.amnhexpeditions.org/experts|AMNH Expeditions: Our Experts]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=Selected Publications=
<ref>[[http://rggs.amnh.org/files/44/documents/deVoogtCV_82009.pdf|Alex de Voogt - CV - Selected Publications]] (pdf)</ref>
* [[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.
* [[http://rug.academia.edu/JohanWeststeijn|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 <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27id_ibn_Jubayr|Sa'id ibn Jubayr from Wikipedia]]</ref>
* [[Alex de Voogt]] (**2002**). //[[http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2003-03501-005|Reproducing board game positions: Western Chess and African Bao]]//. [[http://www.verlag-hanshuber.com/zeitschriften/journal.php?abbrev=sjp&show=editorial|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 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Fribourg|Universitaires Fribourg Suisse]]
* [[Alex de Voogt]] (**2003**). //[[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=163871&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0041977X03000053|Muyaka's poetry in the history of Bao]]//. [[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=BSO&volumeId=66&issueId=01&seriesId=0|Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 66, No. 1]]
* [[Fernand Gobet]], [[Alex de Voogt]], [[Jean Retschitzki]] (**2004**). //[[http://www.psypress.com/moves-in-mind-9781841693361|Moves in Mind: The Psychology of Board Games]]//. ISBN 1-84169-336-7, [[http://www.amazon.ca/Moves-Mind-Psychology-Board-Games/dp/1841693367/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352628597&sr=1-4|amazon.com]]
* [[Alex de Voogt]] (**2005**). //[[http://www.africaworldpressbooks.com/servlet/Detail?no=183|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#29_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2]], [[http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/pubs/..%5Cpdf%5Cbaonote.pdf|pdf]]
* [[http://rug.academia.edu/JohanWeststeijn|Johan Weststeijn]], [[Alex de Voogt]] (**2007**). //Dreams in Tabari: Husayn, Jubayr, and those in God’s favor in the Umayyad period//. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mus%C3%A9on|Le Muséon: Revue d’études orientales]] 120(1): 225–29 <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husayn_ibn_Ali|Husayn ibn Ali from Wikipedia]]</ref> <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate|Umayyad Caliphate from Wikipedia]]</ref>

=External Links=
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_de_Voogt|Alexander de Voogt from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://rggs.amnh.org/faculty/view/44|Faculty - Alex de Voogt - Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History]]
* [[http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Alexander_Johan_de_Voogt|Alexander Johan de Voogt]] from [[http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Main_Page|Wikimanqala]]
* [[http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Johan_de_Voogt|Alexander Johan de Voogt]] from [[http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page|Mancala World]]
* [[http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/alex-de-voogt/9/205/6a9|Alex de Voogt - Netherlands | LinkedIn]]

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