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Leicester featured in Telegraphs nicest things to have happened in 2016 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-featured-in-telegraphs-nicest-things-to-have-happened-in-2016-list
The University has featured in a list of the 12 nicest things to happen so far in 2016, compiled by The Telegraph.
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Comparisons and Connections (part 1)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/03/02/comparisons-and-connections-part-1/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 2, 2015 In her last blog (https://staffblogs.le.ac.
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Protection for Whom? Aboriginal rights in the Swan River Colony
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/05/15/protection-for-whom-aboriginal-rights-in-the-swan-river-colony/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on May 15, 2016 by Kellie Moss Captain Stirling’s exploring party 50 miles up the Swan River, Western Australia, March, 1827 http://nla.gov.au/nla.
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Remembering Exile and Transportation: some thoughts from Cape Town
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/02/remembering-exile-and-transportation-some-thoughts-from-cape-town/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 2, 2014 Before I began T he Carceral Archipelago project , my research was loosely centred on the history of Indian Ocean penal settlements and colonies, from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.
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The largest prison in the world
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/12/19/reflections-on-the-worlds-largest-prison/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on December 19, 2014 Several days ago, I broke from reading through the notes of nineteenth-century Russian penal inspectors to admire the 23rd edition of the International Prison News Digest , a publication of the Institute...
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Convicts, Collecting and Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/27/convicts-collecting-and-knowledge-production-in-the-nineteenth-century/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 27, 2015 In previous blogs, I have explored some of the circulations and connections that linked nations, colonies and empires, and wove together practices of punishment and penal labour across polities and imperial spaces.
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Forced Labour and Shifting Borders
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/01/10/forced-labour-and-shifting-borders-2/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on January 10, 2016 Some may argue (for good reason) that the collapse of space and time is a commonplace condition of twenty-first century life.
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The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/11/11/the-pains-of-imprisonment-an-historical-sociology-of-penal-transportation/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016 A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...
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Fellowships in Physics and Astronomy at Leicester 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/05/04/fellowships-in-physics-and-astronomy-at-leicester-2023/
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester welcomes applicants for independent research fellowships to be hosted here at the School.
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Carry on up the charts: Rankings boost for Chemistry at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/about/rankings-2026
The School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, has achieved excellent rankings in the 2026 Guardian and Times league tables for the subject of Chemistry. We are currently ranked 2nd in the UK (1st in England), reflecting the dedication shown to our students.