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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Picturing Lincoln
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/08/16/picturing-lincoln/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2024 The Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has digitised more than 1,000 images of the American president. They cover his home life, his time in office and his assassination.
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Consuming Authenticity Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2014/12/17/consuming-authenticity-project/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on December 17, 2014 Really excited to be working on this project with you all.
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Barbara Cooke
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/bc144/
Research Associate for the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project.
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Who is influencing British politicians?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/who-is-influencing-british-politicians/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Take the Unlock Democracy quiz to see if you know.
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The Reading List
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/the-reading-list/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 A podcast in which members of the University talk to Dr Emma Parker about their favourite book. A must-hear for all who love reading for pleasure.
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Google tracks your movements even when you tell it not to
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/google-tracks-your-movements-even-when-you-tell-it-not-to/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 Associated Press investigative report with worrying findings released this week.
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LGBTQ Video Game Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/lgbtq-video-game-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 LGBTQ Video Game Archive: https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/ Catalogue of LGBTQ video games since the 1980s. Of relevance to creative computing.
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Newsmuseum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/newsmuseum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Show’s today’s front pages from around the world . Also has an archive . A US bias.
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The diversity of HE governors
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/the-diversity-of-he-governors/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 The first ever report on this subject has been published by AdvanceHE.