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Armouries Interest Group
First Wednesday of every month, 7:30pm to 9pm
Conference Arms, Armour and Mobility in Theory and Practice
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This conference marks the arrival in the United Kingdom of the special exhibition ‘Genghis Khan: How the Mongols Changed the World,’ designated an ‘exhibition of national interest’ by the French ministry of culture.
It explores the interaction between arms, armour and mobility, both in the way in which mobility is balanced in design with other considerations, and in the way that arms and armour can facilitate mobility.
Conference programme
Registration: 9am to 9:30am
Conference close: 4pm
- Keynote roundtable: Mobility in European warfare from the medieval to the modern era.
- The extraordinary journey of the arcabuz (Tanegashima).
- Balancing mobility and armour in Second World War tank design.
- Horse tack in the Mongol empire.
- Waistband used by the nomadic Khitan people: Materials, patterns, social symbolism, and intercultural practices.
- Assam between the British and Burmese empires.
- How Mongols shaped Muscovite imperial heraldry.
Please contact mark.bennett@armouries.org.uk for more information about the conference programme.
Image: Copyright Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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Tickets include lunch and refreshments.
- Full: £12
- Concession: £6 - available for early career researchers (within five years of doctoral award, not counting career breaks) and those enrolled on postgraduate research programmes of study. Please contact mark.bennett@armouries.org.uk to prove eligibility and to be given a discount code.
In addition, four bursaries of up to £50 are available to support delegates with travel expenses. Please contact mark.bennett@armouries.org.uk for more information.
The deadline for both ticket sales and bursary applications is Monday 6 July 2026.
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