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                Nicholas Marsh

                Nicholas Marsh

                Senior Researcher

                Research Interests

                • Arms trade.
                • Defence industries.
                • Relationships between weapon flows and conflict.
                • Arms control.
                • Disarmament.

                Nicholas Marsh
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                Tuesday, 13 May 2025

                Star Wars Photoshoot. Photo: Darryl Moran / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

                Why Would Humans Do Anything Boring, Difficult or Dangerous in Star Wars? Science Fiction’s Reluctance to Embrace Its Own Technology.

                This blog post contains spoilers for the first series in Andor, and other science fiction shows.

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                Wednesday, 8 Dec 2021 11:00–12:00 UTC+01

                A detail from 'Fragmentos' by Doris Salcedo. This artwork uses melted down guns as a medium.
                01:04:41

                Weapons After War: The Symbolism of Disarmament

                What does disarmament of a non-state armed group symbolize for civilians? How do cultural practices change after disarmament? What type of new meanings can weapons have in the aftermath of civil conflicts?

                Event

                27–29 Aug 2018

                Goya: Scene form the Spanish war of independence. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires) / Wikimedia Commons

                Culture and Violent Conflict

                Academic Workshop
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