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Violence cost the world 13.6 Trillion US dollars in 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/violence-cost-the-world-13-6-trillion-us-dollars-in-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 Shocking statistics The latest annual edition of the Global Peace index from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) .
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-5/
8. Beeswax, barley and maize were all used in the processes of creating a manuscript. A feather quill and reed pen were used to put ink on the parchment. An example of quarter sawn book board is also shown.
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Media History Digital Library has expanded
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/media-history-digital-library-has-expanded/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 This free online resource, led by Eric Hoyt and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research p rovides free access to thousands of pages of old magazines and journals covering...
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The Barnardo’s Oral History project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/the-barnardos-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 This project includes : The personal experience of Vice President, Baroness Floella Benjamin who came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago as a small child A...
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World’s Muslims: Unity and Diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-unity-and-diversity-executive-summary.
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Where is the best place to be a woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings.
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.
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French Presidential elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/new-fact-check-sites-for-french-presidential-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Newspapers pay a key role in forming the opinion of the French electorate according to the recent Baromètre des médias, l’intérêt des Français pour...
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Ill Effects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/ill-effects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 A bi-weekly research-informed series on media “influences” hosted by academics Ben Litherland and Richard McCulloch.
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Education in post-conflict and lockdown situations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/24/education-in-post-conflict-and-lockdown-situations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2021 Education4Resilience – online platform Site created by UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), in partnership with the Education Above All...