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New research on the Caribbeans largest concentration of indigenous preColumbian rock art
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/artists-before-columbus-new-research-on-the-caribbean2019s-largest-concentration-of-indigenous-pre-columbian-rock-art
New research by academics from our university and the British Museum working with colleagues from the British Geological Survey and Cambridge University outlines the science behind the largest concentration of indigenous pre-Columbian rock art in the Caribbean.
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National Trust and University of Leicester launch pioneering film to explore fascinating stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/everywhere-nowhere
Everywhere and Nowhere is a collaboration between the National Trust and the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries The collaboration shines a light on ten fascinating stories of disability from collections and sites in the National...
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Conference to examine the complex history of immigration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/conference-to-examine-immigrations-complex-history
Immigration, its causes and its consequences, may be a contentious topic in the 21st century, but it is by no means a new phenomenon.
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Leicesters contribution to forensic history featured by BBC
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester2019s-contribution-to-forensic-history-featured-by-bbc
BBC4’s new three-part documentary series exploring the history and development of forensic science includes contributions from academics at the University of Leicester, including Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discussing his invention of DNA fingerprinting.
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LGBT History Digital Collaboratory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/lgbt-history-digital-collaboratory/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 Exciting project based at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), the Transgender Archives...
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Film highlights experiences of children in the Calais Jungle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/leicester-hosts-film-highlighting-plight-of-children-in-the-calais-jungle
Calais Children: a Case to Answer, a film which highlights the plight of almost 2,000 lone children who were in the Calais ‘Jungle’ when it was burnt down at the end of 2016, will be screened in the Attenborough Film Theatre at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 May...
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Approaches to Cinema History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha7201
Module code: HA7201 This module will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to research methodologies in film. We will consider the historiography of Film Studies, aesthetic and social film histories and demonstrate how to analyse non-filmic primary sources (e.g.
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Approaches to Cinema History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ha7201
Module code: HA7201 This module will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to research methodologies in film. We will consider the historiography of Film Studies, aesthetic and social film histories and demonstrate how to analyse non-filmic primary sources (e.g.
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.
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Researching the history of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/leicester-history-resources/researching-leicester
EMOHA has provided ways in which you can research the history of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. This can also be applied to other counties and areas.