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New project explores art and DNA at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-explores-art-and-dna-at-leicester
Leicester-based artists Ruth Singer and Gillian McFarland have begun working with Dr Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology, on a project which explores creative and visual responses to DNA research.
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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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2nd for the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences' research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/ref2021
Department of Genetics and Genome Biology research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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Disability arts online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/disability-arts-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Disability arts online , led by disabled UK artists, includes advice and support for disabled artists as well as listings, reviews, news relating to the arts and accessibility to...
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Women and art in London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/women-and-art-in-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 A project undertaken by Jeremy Smith and Charlotte Hopkins at The London Archives has revealed new information on women artists and publishers in practising in London during 1600s – 1800s.
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Attenborough Arts Centre launches exciting Spring programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/aac-spring
In Gallery 2 from 7 February to 6 April, artist Sabrina Tirvengadum will exhibit a range of her work which delves into the complexities of her Mauritian family history, deeply influenced by the legacies of colonialism.
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary
Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015
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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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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 Centre for Regional and Local History’s New Library Spaces
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/blog/new-library-spaces
Back in 2021 the Centre for English Local History moved out of Marc Fitch House at 3-5 Salisbury Road, where it had resided since 1988, to a new space on the University’s main campus.