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https://le.ac.uk/history/about/contact-us
Get in touch with History at the University of Leicester.
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The Bloody Business of the Bloody Code: Dissecting the Criminal Corpse. By Elizabeth Hurren
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/03/bloody-business-bloody-code/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 3, 2016 Imagine hearing local gossip that a notorious murderer was about to be executed, and that everyone in the vicinity of a homicide was planning to turn out to see the violent culprit...
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Convicts, Collecting and Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/27/convicts-collecting-and-knowledge-production-in-the-nineteenth-century/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 27, 2015 In previous blogs, I have explored some of the circulations and connections that linked nations, colonies and empires, and wove together practices of punishment and penal labour across polities and imperial spaces.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/events
Three workshops took place over the course of three years where subject area experts had the opportunity to come together. Learn more about what was presented and discussed at the workshops.
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Town Commemorates Convicts, by Minako Sakata
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/29/town-commemorate-convicts-by-minako-sakata/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on September 29, 2014 At the end of August, I visited Tsukigata, a small town in Hokkaido where the Kabato Central Prison was located from 1881 to 1919.
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Happy International Archives Day 2018!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/happy-international-archives-day-2018/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2018 The University records manager, David Jenkins, and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) thought we’d take the opportunity to flag up IAD18 and explain a bit about what we do all day! On the 9th of...
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Ideas
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/ideas
There are many ways in which to use your oral history materials. Get more ideas on how and where you could use your interviews.
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Hercules Facility
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/hercules
Get in touch We want to hear from you and how Hercules can be your hero. Book a chat via email (hercules@leicester.ac.uk) with one of our experts to learn more and understand how we can help.
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Leicester Cathedral named one of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/leicester-cathedral-named-one-of-the-top-five-most-haunted-places-in-the-midlands
In time for Halloween, ITV has compiled a list of the top five most haunted places in the Midlands - and Leicester Cathedral is ranked among them, said to be home of the ghost of Richard III. A psychic has apparently experienced a very real close encounter of the...
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University of Leicester Boat Club to compete in Leicester Regatta 2015
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/university-of-leicester-boat-club-to-compete-in-leicester-regatta-2015
Anticipation for the upcoming Leicester Regatta 2015 is heightened by the University Boat Race, an annual event that sees the University of Leicester Boat Club and De Montfort University Rowing Club going head-to-head at 12.30pm on Sunday 26 April.