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• The Isle of Man study

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-isle-of-man-study

  Background to the study This University of Leicester-funded study is being carried out by Hayley Dunn under the joint supervision of Professor Mark Jobling (Department of Genetics) and Dr Simon James (School of Archaeology) as part of research leading to a PhD degree.

• World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.

• Pride

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/pride/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 Pride in London – why it still matters. This week we celebrated Pride in London.

• Oral history archives in the East Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/oral-history-archives-in-the-east-midlands

  Please note that this list is selective. Derbyshire Chesterfield Library accept any relevant donations of oral history recordings.

• Keep Calm and Scroll On! (Pt.3)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/04/23/keep-calm-and-scroll-on-pt-3/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 23, 2020   Exterior of the Library, c.

• The Lord of Misrule and his band of ‘lusty guts’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/20/the-lord-of-misrule-and-his-band-of-lusty-guts/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 20, 2016 Behaving badly at the Christmas festivities and doing something you would really rather not remember is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, as a trawl through our Special Collections reveals –...

• Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-suggests-hippocampal-neuron-responses-are-associated-with-memory-distinctions

  The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation.

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• Oral history projects in Lincolnshire

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/lincolnshire

  Browse projects and oral history materials from Lincolnshire, including the Making History project, which was a film project run with schools in an effort for people to investigate their family histories.

• Cabinet of Curiosities: how disability was kept in a box

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/cabinet-of-curiosities

  A unique performance that challenges the way we think about disability.