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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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Pioneering centre is making a difference one year after officially opening
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/phage-anniversary
A pioneering new centre at the University of Leicester which studies bacteriophages to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria is celebrating its one-year anniversary
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Student gospel choir to give pop-up concert at Leicester’s John Lewis for Black History Month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/student-gospel-choir-concert-john-lewis-black-history-month
A student gospel choir will entertain John Lewis shoppers as part of the University of Leicester’s Black History Month celebrations.
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Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence
Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.
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Live online sessions
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/online/live-online-sessions
Booking The sessions are led by the Botanic Garden Education Officer.
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Attenborough Arboretum
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/about-us/attenborough-arboretum
Learn more about the Attenborough Arboretum at the University of Leicester.
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Blog 2: Impact of the Second World War on University College Leicester. Guest post by Jenni Hunt.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/03/25/blog-2-impact-of-the-second-world-war-on-university-college-leicester-guest-post-by-jenni-hunt/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on March 25, 2021 Introduction I am currently working on listing the University of Leicester’s administrative archive, as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported “So That They May Have Life” project, celebrating...
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Summer 2024 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/summer-2024
Dear Patients and Carers, Welcome to the Summer newsletter. We have recently sent out an email to all members of the Patient and Carer Group to say thank-you for all your support over the last academic year.
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Hanif Kureishi: the Assemblage of a Native Informant
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/03/06/hanif-kureishi-the-assemblage-of-a-native-informant/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on March 6, 2015 There are few writers alive in Britain today who can elicit such polarised, or at best highly qualified, responses as Hanif Kureishi (except, perhaps, his fellow writer and friend Salman Rushdie).
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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.