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NAACP Legal Defense Fund records
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/naacp-legal-defense-fund-records/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 A major resource documenting the funding and activities of the NAACP fighting for Black civil rights in 20th Century America.
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UN Day of South-South Cooperation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/un-day-of-south-south-cooperation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 UN Day South South Cooperation is held on the 12th September.
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World Autism awareness week
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The United Nations has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day. Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.
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New president’s online collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/new-presidents-online-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently added to the Library of Congress website: the papers of President James Garfield .
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The #MeToo Asia Thinking Aloud Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/21/the-metoo-asia-thinking-aloud-series/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2020 Available via Youtube This series explores the way that #MeToo Movement was translated and transformed in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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Say my name right
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/say-my-name-right/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Say my Name Right is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University.
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Center for Women and Politics, Rutgers University
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/16/center-for-women-and-politics-rutgers-university/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2012 http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/ Great starting point for finding academic information on Gender and the presidential elections.
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The Archives and Special Collections Internship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/02/25/the-archives-and-special-collections-internship/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on February 25, 2016 By Rebecca Couchman-Crook , Archives Assistant I applied for the Graduate Gateways scheme that the University’s Career Service runs for students who graduated that year, after I had just...
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University of Sanctuary, University of Refuge
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/02/24/university-of-sanctuary-university-of-refuge/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 24, 2017 This week, Martin Parker considers whether the University of Leicester should commit to being a University of Sanctuary for refugees.
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An interview with Nora Waddington
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/
Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive. These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.