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Film screening to explore post-prison lives of wrongly convicted individuals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/film-screening-to-explore-post-prison-lives-of-wrongly-convicted-individuals
For its inaugural screening Reel Law, Leicester Law School’s film club, is holding a free public screening of BBC documentary ‘Fallout’ and a panel discussion with the film’s director and two of the featured exonerated prisoners.
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Digitising the Coventry Archives oral history collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/coventry-archives/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 by Richard Wheelband, UOSH Midlands Digitisation Engineer The Unlocking Our Digital Heritage (UOSH) Midlands Hub is based in Special Collections at the University of Leicester and is preserving ‘at...
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OutRage! new Google Arts and Culture exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/outrage-new-google-arts-and-culture-exhibition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 OutRage! was a radical, non-violent, direct action LGBT human rights group that fought against homophobia in the State, the Church and society in general.
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Research inspires art exhibit on mental health and the human experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/research-inspires-art-exhibit-on-mental-health-and-the-human-experience
PhD researcher in the University’s School of Business and Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Katie Melvin has combined her academic research into bodily feelings and passion for visual art at a current exhibition held at Attenborough Arts centre.
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Webinar – Sylvia Pankhurst: Art and Activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/07/webinar-sylvia-pankhurst-art-and-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2022 Watch again on YouTube https://youtu.
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Portal to the work of intergovernmental bodies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/portal-to-the-work-of-intergovernmental-bodies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 Created by the UN Department General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), this resource will provide access to documents, agendas, resolutions and conferences for major UN...
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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.
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Renowned Indian actor and film producer to speak at our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/renowned-indian-actor-and-film-producer-to-speak-at-our-university
Renowned Indian actor, film producer and Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Mohan Agashe will be delivering a talk on how films can be a source of nutritional entertainment at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 18 July.
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Happiness (and the effects of Covid-19 on it)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/happiness-and-the-effects-of-covid-19-on-it/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 The World Happiness Report is a survey of the state of global happiness that ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens feel themselves to be.
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Blown away One Show feature on the marvels of scientific glassblowing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/blown-away-one-show-feature-on-the-marvels-of-scientific-glassblowing
Tucked away in our Department of Chemistry is a workshop where Gayle Price, the University’s Scientific Glassblower, spends her time creating specialised glassware and apparatus for research and teaching purposes.