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Putumayo: the History and Culture of a Latin American Conflict Zone
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/sp3155
Module code: SP3155 This module will focus on the history and culture of the Putumayo, a region of the Colombian Amazon which shares a border with Ecuador and Peru.
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Black Britain on Film Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/black-britain-on-film-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 Free via the BFI player this collection of films celebrates the Black presence in Britain.
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The history of genetic fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/history
Read about the history of genetic fingerprinting, and Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys' journey from Oxford to Leicester to beyond genetic fingerprinting.
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Freedom to Marry, Oral History Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/freedom-to-marry-oral-history-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Free access to this important collection from the University of California Berkeley The Bancroft Library’s Oral History Center .
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Research seminar: 'Talking Transformations: poetry, art, and translational migrations'
https://le.ac.uk/translation-interpreting-studies/events/talking-transformations
Find out about our research seminar: 'Talking Transformations: poetry, art, and translational migrations', with guest speaker Dr Manuela Perteghella.
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The people in the film
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/so-that-they-may-have-life/people
The film shows Dr Astley Clarke and Lily McCurdy walking the same path a century apart. The film features students, alumni and staff playing the roles in the film.
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The history of Leicesters printing press
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/the-history-of-leicesters-printing-press
In a feature entitled 'Printing in Leicester', Dr John Hinks from the Centre for Urban History has discussed the ups and downs of Leicester's printing press throughout history.
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Irish Independence film collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/irish-independence-film-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 Free access via the Irish Film Institute player to this great collection of British news reel films covering the period 1900-1930 with such key events as WW1, the Easter Rising, the...
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Experts probe Mumbais history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/experts-probe-mumbai2019s-history
The history of India’s richest city, Mumbai, has been explored at an international conference co-convened by the University of Leicester.
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New University film, 'Revisiting the Harms of Hate', available now
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/revisiting-harms-hate-film
The sequel to a celebrated short film, produced by the University of Leicester, exploring the impact of hate crime is now available to watch.