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 below and email [log in to unmask] )
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-informationSeminar 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.
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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
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Phone: 0113
343 3274
FAX: 0113 343 3265