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The Centre for Heritage Research, University of Leeds in collaboration with the Royal Armouries presents: On a knife edge: the ethics of weapons display A free public seminar (to reserve a place at this seminar see form at the end of this email) Tuesday October 21st 2008 3.00 - 5.30pm (optional tour 1-3pm) Venue: The Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Leeds,LS10 1LT http://www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/leeds/leeds-visitor-information <http://www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/leeds/leeds-visitor-information> Seminar themes: Do displays of combat weapons serve an effective educational role in helping museum audiences better understand their role and significance, or do they merely serve to glamorise the use of weapons? Should displays of weaponry show more explicitly than at present the harmful effects of their usage? What constitutes legitimate war booty, and what are the responsibilities of museums in relations to its ownership, and display? Speakers to include: Peter Smithurst and Philip Abbott (Royal Armouries, Leeds) Jamie Dow and Rob Lawlor (Centre for Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied, University of Leeds). Commentators: Sharon Macdonald (University of Manchester), Edward Spiers (University of Leeds) The seminar will be followed by a wine reception, 5.30-6.30pm This event is supported by a University of Leeds Faculty of Arts Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer grant The number of places available at this free seminar is strictly limited, so it is essential for to reserve a place. Please email Kate Vigurs at [log in to unmask] by 5pm 14th October 2008 to book your place at the seminar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- I wish to reserve a place at the Royal Armouries/CHR seminar 'On a knife edge: the ethics of weapons display', Tuesday 21st October 3-5.30pm NAME: AFFILIATION EMAIL ADDRESS: DIETARY PREFERENCES: ACCESS REQUIREMENTS: I DO/DO NOT WISH TO JOIN THE PRE-SEMINAR TOUR AT 1PM ************************************************************************ ********************************** Graeme Gooday, (Director of the Centre for Heritage Research) Professor of the History of Science and Technology & National Teaching Fellow Department of Philosophy Woodhouse Lane University of Leeds LEEDS LS2 9JT United Kingdom E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 0113 343 3274 FAX: 0113 343 3265