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23822 results for: ‘Department of The History of Art and Film’

• Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scientists-are-unravelling-the-reasons-why-mass-extinctions-have-occurred-throughout-history

  Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history Scientists are unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions have occurred throughout history|Leicester research could help to predict approaching ecological catastrophes Leicester...

• Coronations through history

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/coronations-through-history/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 The National Archives has a mini coronations website which includes images of seals, phots and discussions of government documents.

• Kickass women of History podcast

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/kickass-women-of-history-podcast/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past.

• Jewish Britain on Film

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/jewish-britain-on-film/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player  combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.

• Black History Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/black-history-month-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 Essential Guide to Black British History   A handy guide produced by BBC History Extra magazine which is designed to interest the general reader.

• History PGCE

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/courses/history

  History is one of the oldest subjects in the school curriculum and has undergone something of a transformation in recent decades. We are committed to History being taught as a lively, thought-provoking subject.

• Gender imbalance in film scripts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.

• Anna Rebus - History, consultancy and distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/anna-rebus

  Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.

• Reimagining the Restoration: Samuel Pepys's diary and popular history

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/pepys-project

  About the project Samuel Pepys’s lively diary of the 1660s describes major events such as the plague and the Great Fire of London, alongside his hectic private life.

• Web archive of 800 art resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/web-archive-of-800-art-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launched Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site provides access to an...