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  • 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.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Andrew Dunn: Page 10

    Academic Librarian.

  • 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

    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.

    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...

  • RNA studies advance holds out hope for cancer drug development

    An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance that could pave a new route for the development of anti-cancer drugs.

  • 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.

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

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • 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.

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