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An Overview of South Asian Collections in EMOHA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/10/06/an-overview-of-south-asian-collections-in-emoha/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on October 6, 2023 Written by Huma Ahmed.
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Working with schools, supporting transtions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/06/26/working-with-schools-supporting-transtions/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 26, 2017 On Tuesday 20 th June, a group of colleagues from a range of disciplines got together with members of the LLI and the Library to discuss the role of schools liaison work...
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Decolonising the Curriculum: How is black history taught in schools?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/29/decolonising-the-curriculum-how-is-black-history-taught-in-schools/
Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 29, 2018 Angelina Osborne, on BBC Woman’s hour discussing Olive Morris and her legacy as a black activist. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNInrtwW4AAas0q.
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The Story of Pulque, Part 1
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/10/the-story-of-pulque-part-1/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on March 10, 2015 In the 17th century, the Mexican historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl recorded a pre-Columbian legend about the origins of pulque.
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Hot hot hot, above the Great Red Spot
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/28/hot-hot-hot-above-the-great-red-spot/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 28, 2016 One of the largest remaining questions in understanding the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the outmost layer of the atmosphere, is: ‘Why is this region so very hot?’.
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University remembers fallen soldier who played a part in its founding
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-remembers-fallen-soldier-who-played-a-part-in-its-founding
The story of a brave Leicester officer during the First World War is being retold by our University on the anniversary of his death on 15 October.
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Event to discuss the 2016 Presidential Election and political divisions in the United States
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/event-to-discuss-the-2016-presidential-election-and-political-divisions-in-the-united-states
A visiting professor from the United States will be discussing the 2016 US Presidential Election and the politically polarised state of the country during a free public lecture on Monday 24 October.
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Leading historians to showcase cutting-edge research into anti-Semitic terror in Nazi Germany
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leading-historians-to-showcase-cutting-edge-research-into-anti-semitic-terror-in-nazi-germany
Leading historians will be discussing their cutting-edge research into anti-Semitic terror in Nazi Germany at a free public lecture on Tuesday 25 October.
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Scientists celebrate successful operation of Space Camera
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/scientists-celebrate-successful-operation-of-space-camera
Scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are finally able to celebrate after an anxious month since the launch of Astrosat, the first Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations.
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The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1
Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed a ‘continual and continuous thread of American history’ will be discussed at an upcoming ‘Remembering Rosa Parks’ event on...