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The Geography of the Criminal Corpse: Magic, therapies and bodily pieces across Europe. By Francesca
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/01/19/francesca-matteoni-the-geography-of-the-criminal-corpse-magic-therapies-and-bodily-pieces-across-europe/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on January 19, 2016 I have been involved in the first two years of the project as a postdoctoral researcher working on the medico-magical employment of the criminal corpse’s pieces: hands, fingers,...
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Invitation to Launch of New Luciad, 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/06/17/invitation-to-launch-of-new-luciad-2015/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on June 17, 2015 You are all warmly invited to the launch of the 2015 edition of The New Luciad , the University of Leicester’s Creative Writing magazine. The event will take place in the Library Bookshop at 5.
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In my prison notebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/08/29/in-my-prison-notebook/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on August 29, 2016 Last year I came across a rare archival find: multiple editions of a 19th century prison newspaper covertly produced by Russian inmates between 1890 and 1905.
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Smallpox in Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/05/smallpox-in-leicester/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 5, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).
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Indigeneity and Carcerality: Thinking about reserves, prisons, and settler colonialism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/27/indigeneity-and-carcerality-thinking-about-reserves-prisons-and-settler-colonialism/
Posted by abarker in Carceral Archipelago on October 27, 2016 In 1871, a group of men – hereditary chiefs of the Six Nations of the Grand River – met with anthropologist Horatio Hale in the town of Brantford, Ontario.
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Ecuadorian thoughts on religion, power and the subaltern classes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/07/10/ecuadorian-thoughts-on-religion-power-and-the-subaltern-classes/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on July 10, 2016 The Iglesia de la Merced , in Quito, was built in 1737 on the remains of the original church that dated from 1538 – four years after the foundation of the city.
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Florence Rich and Granville School for Girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/05/22/florence-rich-and-granville-school-for-girls/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 22, 2018 11 Granville Road, Leicester, formerly Granville School for Girls On 14 November 1917 The Leicester Daily Post , edited by W. G.
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PlanetarySeminar: The Geochemistry of Mercury: Results from MESSENGER and Lessons Learned for BepiCo
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/10/23/planetaryseminar-the-geochemistry-of-mercury-results-from-messenger-and-lessons-learned-for-bepicolombo/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 23 October 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday Novembers 3rd, 2021, Dr Larry Nittler from the Carnegie Institution for Science will be presenting a seminar titled: “The Geochemistry of Mercury: Results from MESSENGER and Lessons Learned...
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PlanetarySeminar: What can Magnetic Helicity tell us about Reconnected Magnetic Fields?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/01/planetaryseminar-what-can-magnetic-helicity-tell-us-about-reconnected-magnetic-fields/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 June 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday June 9th, 2021, Dr Andrew Wright from the University of St Andrews will be presenting a seminar titled: “What can Magnetic Helicity tell us about Reconnected Magnetic Fields?”.
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PlanetarySeminar: Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/05/17/planetaryseminar-magnetopause-surface-eigenmodes-theory-observations-and-simulations/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 May 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday May 26th, 2021, Dr Martin Archer from Imperial College London will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Magnetopause surface eigenmodes: Theory, observations, and simulations”.