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Presidential debates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/22/presidential-debates/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 22, 2012 See video footage and transcripts from the official Commission on presidential debates: http://www.debates.
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University of Leicester recognised in UK's Best Breakthroughs list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-university-of-leicester-recognised-in-uks-best-breakthroughs-list
Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting celebrated for transformational impact on everyday lives The discovery of DNA fingerprinting from the University of Leicester has today been named as one of the UK’s 100 best breakthroughs for its significant impact on people’s everyday lives.
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Author of Madame Doubtfire and Carnegie Medal winner Anne Fine to share what inspires her writing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/author-of-2018madame-doubtfire2019-and-carnegie-medal-winner-anne-fine-to-share-what-inspires-her-writing
Multi-award-winning author Anne Fine OBE will be visiting our University to speak on her long-standing career as a writer for all audiences during the Literary Leicester festival on 18 November.
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Caribbean Takeaway Takeover
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/caribbean-takeaway-takeover/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories Oral histories of ten Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s-1960s, have been...
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Stop and Search
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/stop-and-search/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 A new report – a joint project by StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative with the support of the Runnymede trust includes case studies of the harm done to individuals and...
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Occupy Wall Street
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/04/occupy-wall-street/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/occupywallstreet The social movement now has a space on the Internet where they are permanently archiving protest materials.
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Sport and the Imperial Bond
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/sport-and-the-imperial-bond
The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Sport and the Imperial Bond project.
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Dr Peter Mounfield
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/peter-mounfield
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Dr Peter Mounfield.
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HOWL
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/howl/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 History of Women’s Liberation has just been launched The main aim of the HOWL website is to collect the memories and stories of feminists involved in women’s liberation movement in...
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Protest camps explored in new book co-edited by Leicester academics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/protest-camps-explored-in-new-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academics
A new book on protest camps and political activism, edited by two Leicester academics, will be published on Wednesday 29 March.