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• Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire: a resource for teachers and learners

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/08/11/teaching-british-histories-of-race-migration-and-empire-a-resource-for-teachers-and-learners/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2020 Institute of Historical Research and  Runnymede Trust have launched a new crowdsourced guide   listing of resources suitable for diversifying and making more...

• Leicester’s global and colonial history explored through a basketry collection

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dryad-baskets

  An exhibition showcasing the basket collection of Leicester entrepreneur Harry Peach has gone on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

• History of Sex and Crime in Wales

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/history-of-sex-and-crime-in-wales

  History of sex and crime in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Wales

• History of Prisons in Guyana

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/history-of-prisons-in-guyana

  History of prisons in Guyana including details of a virtual reality tour.

• Learn about oral history and sound heritage at the University Library

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/learn-about-oral-history-and-sound-heritage-at-the-university-library

  Have you ever wanted to collect memories of your local community, or preserve sound recordings for future generations? You can learn how to at a public conference on Monday 9 July, hosted by the University Library.

• Iraq, Syria and the Middle East

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/iraq-syria-and-the-middle-east/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Iraq Syria and the Middle East: an essay by Tony Blair Read the essay from Former British Prime minister on his official website to find out what he thinks Western governments should do.

• Radio Leicester and the University of Leicester 50 Years of Collaboration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/radio-leicester-and-the-university-of-leicester-2013-50-years-of-collaboration2019

  The recent 50th anniversary of the start of the country’s first BBC local radio station, BBC Radio Leicester, which launched on 8 November 1967, also marks the 50th anniversary of the University of Leicester’s ongoing collaboration with Radio Leicester.

• In Safe Hands: The Battle for Midwifery

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/the-battle-for-midwifery-royal-college-of-surgeons-of-edinburgh-digital-exhibition/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 This digital exhibition from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh explores the story of midwifery and obstetrics through the centuries, with particular emphasis on the increasing...

• Celebrating Black History Month at the University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/black-history-month

  The University of Leicester and the University of Leicester Students’ Union has today launched a programme of events celebrating Black History Month 2021, which commences today (Friday 1 October).

• Economics of the Oscars

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/economics-of-the-oscars/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 As the winners of the Academy awards 2018 have been announced, here are some social science sites for locating materials on the economics of the Oscars.