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• The secret behind Scrooge? Research studies Dickens’ coded letters

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/dickens-code

  Charles Dickens’s festive favourite A Christmas Carol is a staple of the holiday season. But now Leicester literary experts are part of an international team looking to uncover the secrets of the author’s coded manuscripts.

• Vulnerability: A Research Method for Literary and Cultural Studies

  https://le.ac.uk/vulnerability-studies/vulnerable-reading

  This AHRC-funded project maps a body of contemporary literary and cultural responses to cross-border vulnerabilities in North America, focusing on intersecting crises of gender and race-based vulnerability, such as femicide and violence against Indigenous people.

• Study

  https://le.ac.uk/english/study

  Find out more about studying English at the University of Leicester. Undergraduates can focus on English, or studying English alongside Creative Writing, American Studies, History, Journalism, Film Studies, or Modern Languages.

• Say my name right

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/say-my-name-right/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Say my Name Right   is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University.

• BLM memorial fence

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/17/blm-memorial-fence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2022 The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection   Note: this resource contains strong language and references to brutality and violence.

• Sue Townsend events

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/sue-townsend-bike-tour/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 Adrian Mole To mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4, an exhibition from the Sue Townsend Archive is currently on display...

• The GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/the-glaad-studio-responsibility-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 How good is the representation of LGBTQ characters in major Hollywood films? Find out in  the latest annual report from GLAAD  which maps eight major motion picture...

• Students embark on RAF Stories mission

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/06-students-embark-raf-stories-mission

  History students at the University of Leicester have teamed up with the RAF Museum, Cosford and students at De Montfort University for a community project to capture the memoirs of residents who share connections to the RAF.

• Notes for contributors

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/about/journals/museum-society/notes-contributors

  See submission guidelines for Museum and Society, the independent peer-reviewed journal from Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.

• Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier wins ‘Learning Programme of the Year’ at national Museums + Heritage Awards 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/attenborough-arts-centre-museum-heritage-awards

  Attenborough Arts Centre’s flagship SENsory Atelier programme has been named Learning Programme of the Year at the prestigious Museums + Heritage Awards 2025.