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• Kit de Waal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/kit-de-waal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Our own writer in residence reads her autobiography Without Warning and Only Sometimes Listen on BBC Radio 4 or Box of Broadcasts . Available in the UK only.

• Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/05/5396/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2024 Playlist of Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes , in which Ian explores British history and culture by considering the national sense of humour.

• CRÍA

  https://le.ac.uk/cria

  CRÍA is a research collective in the School of Museum Studies studying art institutions including museums, galleries, fairs, studios, auction houses, and the art media.

• About

  https://le.ac.uk/own-write/about

  In Their Own Right is a jointly run project by The National Archives at Kew Gardens and the Department of History at the University.

• Survey investigates freelance creative practitioners and austerity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/survey-investigates-freelance-creative-practitioners-and-austerity

  Arts organisations are adapting to austerity measures but the challenges of freelance arts and cultural workers have been overlooked despite making up a significant proportion of the arts sector workforce, according to Leicester researchers.

• French Language Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/french-language-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 French Language day was celebrated on 20 th March. Journée de la langue française is a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity.

• Other information

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/other-info

  Find more information on oral history, such as resources for interviewing and qualitative data.

• DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting

  In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.

• African-American archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/african-american-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 The Langston Heritage Group Collection, 1869-2022 documents African-American history in Johnson City, Tennessee, and greater Washington County.

• Online fact-checking – a growing trend

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.