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Political Cartoons in the Classroom: The ‘Simple View of Reading’ Approach
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/03/02/political-cartoons-in-the-classroom-the-simple-view-of-reading-approach/
Blog on reading political cartoons in the classroom
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Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/15/reconsidering-southern-african-studies-from-the-indian-ocean/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 15, 2014 “Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean.” This challenge underpinned two wonderful days of discussion at the University of the Western Cape last week.
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(In)visible Convict Heritage on Rottnest Island
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/03/16/rottnest-convict-heritage/
Blog on heritage of convict aboriginal history on Rottnest Island also known as Wadjemup, West Australia
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Awful Things Began to Happen: Rapid Change of Ainu Homeland and Convict Labour as Seen by the Ainu,
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/01/27/awful-things-began-to-happen-rapid-change-of-ainu-homeland-and-convict-labour-as-seen-by-the-ainu-by-minako-sakata/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on January 27, 2015 The Kamikawa region is one of areas that today still has relatively a large population of the Ainu.
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Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.
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What is history for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/04/10/what-is-history-for-thinking-about-forced-migration-and-its-aftermath/
University of Leicester staff blogs convicts penal colonies slavery migration
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Dating the Social Death of the Eighteenth Century Criminal. By Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/06/23/dating-the-social-death-of-the-eighteenth-century-criminal-by-rachel-bennett/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on June 23, 2015 In April 2015 I presented a paper at a conference held at the University of Leicester entitled ‘When is Death?’ The conference was organised by members of the Wellcome Trust funded project, Harnessing the...
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Student duo strike gold at British Universities and Colleges Sport events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-duo-strike-gold-at-british-universities-and-colleges-sport-events
Two final year undergraduate students, Ryan Hunt and Lucy Hatton, have secured gold medals in their respective disciplines at two recent British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) events.
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Leicester staff celebrate victory for the blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-staff-celebrate-victory-for-the-blues
Not content with showing their true-blue colours in advance of Leicester City Football club’s arguably season-clinching game on Sunday, our staff are celebrating the local football heroes’ confirmed Premier League victory on Monday in a variety of ways.
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Simon Dixon: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/page/2/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.