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• Blog 3: Items of Interest. Guest post by Jenni Hunt.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/04/09/blog-3-items-of-interest-chosen-by-jenni-hunt/

  Third blog of 3 by Jenni Hunt, temporary archive assistant, about the items she found most interesting during the listing work she has been doing.

• The forgotten success of penal transportation reform in late Imperial Russia: the lowering of prison

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/06/08/the-forgotten-success-of-penal-transportation-reform-in-late-imperial-russia-the-lowering-of-prisoner-mortality-in-the-transfer-system-1885-1915/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 8, 2016 By Mikhail Nakonechny . The late Imperial Russian prison and exile system is almost unequivocally considered to be the traditional embodiment of brutality, institutional inhumanity and injustice.

• United Nations Yearbook on Human Rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/united-nations-yearbook-on-human-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 Yearbook on Human Rights (1946-1988) now available online Between 1946 and 1988 the United Nations published annual editions of the Yearbook on Human Rights.

• Research areas

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  Our world-leading social science research includes work on health, policing, intelligence and security, urban and rural transformation and more.

• Find the perfect formula at the next Doctoral Inaugural Lectures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/next-doctoral-inaugural-lectures-make-the-perfect-formula

  Two outstanding PhD graduates from Leicester will return this week to present their research to a public audience. The College of Science and Engineering is holding two Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 11 May from 5.30pm in the Bennett Building, Link Theatre.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 11 19 August

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-11-19-august

  Jack Newsinger from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation about labour leader candidate Jeremy Corbyn's art policy.

• Nationality, Identity and Belonging:

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/nationality-identity-and-belonging/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 An Oral History of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and their Relationship to the British State, 1948-2018 This is an ongoing University of London project which contains interviews that...

• Expert opinions cover ransomware arms races Brexit migrant workers and NASAs Juno mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/expert-opinions-cover-ransomware-arms-race-brexit-migrant-workers-and-nasas-juno-mission

  UK universities may be among the most autonomous, but they need international cooperation to make their voices heard, says President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle in an article for the Times Higher Education.

• 200 paintings for 200 years

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/200-paintings-for-200-years/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A chronological catalogue of in-depth reference cards for 200 of the most famous resources.

• Completed PhD research

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/research-degrees/completed-phd

  PhD students make a major contribution to the research profile of the University of Leicester. Browse a list of completed PhDs in Museum Studies.