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British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/british-summer-holiday-habits-of-the-past-explored-by-leicester-researchers
Visiting different countries and traveling the world is a common way people spend their summer holidays - but the historical British summer holiday would have been a much less frequent and far more local affair.
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National Archives: Sexuality and gender identity history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/national-archives-sexuality-and-gender-identity-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 A guide on research on gender and sexuality in the UK National Archives. Emphasis is on their holdings of government, legal and police records.
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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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World leaders announced in support for HeForShe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/world-leaders-announced-in-support-for-heforshe
World leaders and new universities and companies have now been announced – alongside the University of Leicester – for the UN’s HeForShe campaign.
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Unveiling Women’s History at the University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/01/03/unveiling-womens-history-at-the-university-of-leicester/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on January 3, 2019 About the University of Leicester Established in 1921 as a memorial to those who served in the First World War, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland College had humble origins.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 125
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/125/
Academic Librarian.
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Perceiving the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2400
Module code: HS2400 (double module) ‘History is one damn thing after another’ (Alfred Toynbee attrib.
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Perceiving the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2401
Module code: HS2401 ‘History is one damn thing after another’ (Alfred Toynbee attrib.
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Perceiving the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2400
Module code: HS2400 (double module) ‘History is one damn thing after another’ (Alfred Toynbee attrib.
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Perceiving the Past
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/hs2401
Module code: HS2401 ‘History is one damn thing after another’ (Alfred Toynbee attrib.