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2024Panel 10Saturday 28th SeptemberWarhammer 40k

What happened to the Lost Primarchs? Or, a case of invitational incompleteness

Everyone who’s interested in 40K lore knows that the Emperor of Mankind gene-crafted 20 “sons” to be his superhuman generals in the Great Crusade to reunite humanity. Equally well known is that two of these Primarchs – the second and the eleventh – were “lost”: everything about them was intentionally deleted from Imperial records. But …

2024Panel 16Saturday 28th SeptemberWarhammer 40k

“First and Last” The depiction of good soldiers in the Gaunt’s Ghosts novels

The name Warhammer 40,000, with its aesthetics and, above all, the incredibly detailed background, is now a fixture in pop culture. This epic, supposedly monolithic narrative is actually a piece of work by different artists, designers and authors. The unifying element of these different media and narrative styles is the depiction of war and all …

2024Friday 27th SeptemberPanel 7Warhammer 40k

War, Power, and Survival in Theory and Fiction: Realist Theories of International Relations and Fundamental Tropes in the Lore of Warhammer 40k

Abstract The struggle for power between states to ensure survival and other vital interests is a foundational component of realism, the oldest and most influential theoretical paradigm in the study of international relations (IR). Currently, academics and scholars alike are fiercely debating the merit of realist arguments regarding the role of NATO policy in the …