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  • May Day: early 19th century traditions

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...

  • Population statistics

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/13/population-statistics/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2020 July 11th is World Population Day United Nations Population Division  produces regular demographic estimates and population projects for countries worldwide.

  • Black Freedom Struggle in the United States.

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/05/black-freedom-struggle-in-the-united-states/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2020 An open-access archive of primary sources covering the following six topics: Slavery and abolition Civil war and reconstruction Jim Crow segregation 1878-1932 New Deal and WWII Civil...

  • People

    https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/people

    Browse the people associated with the Material Worlds Past and Present, including academic staff, affiliated staff, PhD researchers and honorary fellows, and see their research interests and specialisms.

  • Seditious works in Special Collections: the case of William Prynne (1600-1669)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/10/10/seditious-works-in-special-collections-the-case-of-william-prynne-1600-1669/

    Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 10, 2014 Engraved portrait of William Prynne, published in 1811.

  • Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 2

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/2/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Foreign Relations of the United States: latest release

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/02/foreign-relations-of-the-united-states-latest-release/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 2, 2011 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974 http://history.state.

  • Virtual Votes for Women

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition  held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of  events and artefacts.

  • Professorial inaugural lectures at the University of Leicester announced from November 2018

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/30-professorial-inaugural-lectures-announced-november-2018

    People in a lecture 2296|Pioneering research from the University of Leicester’s new Professors will be shared with the public at the upcoming Professorial Inaugural Lecture series.

  • Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens

    The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November, which will see an international team of academics speak on the life and works of author Charles Dickens.

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