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Iconic sculpture to be unveiled at Highcross
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/iconic-sculpture-to-be-unveiled-by-at-highcross
A sculpture by an internationally recognised artist is set to be unveiled by the University at Highcross next week as the symbol for the Centre for Medicine Appeal.
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New resource strips everyday Roman handwriting bare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/latinnow-manual
A new open-access resource to help researchers study Roman handwriting has been released. Volume 1 of the Manual of Roman Everyday Writing is now available, produced by the European Research Council-funded LatinNow project.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/people
Academics in the Centre for American Studies at Leicester are drawn from a number of other Schools and subject areas. Please see individual staff pages for further information.
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June 2026
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/almanac/june
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Leicester explores ‘our working lives’ as Festival of Social Science returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/festival-of-social-science-working-lives-leicester
Explore free events at the University of Leicester’s Festival of Social Science 2025, themed around ‘our working lives’.
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Making of Black Britain
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/making-of-black-britain/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 Making of Black Britain is a non-profit organization collecting stories of the resilience of ordinary people. See: https://themakingofblackbritain.org/ https://artsandculture.google.
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End of Term web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/28/end-of-term-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2025 The End of Term Web Archive is a project which saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/about/
The SAPPHIRE group’s research helps to improve the quality and safety of care in the NHS and across the world. Our studies address difficult questions involving patient safety, research ethics, and professional standards.
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The value of Libraries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.
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Medieval women’s wills
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/medieval-womens-wills/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Medieval women’s wills The British Library’s Medieval and Renaissance Women project has recently digitised a number of wills of women from the 13th to...