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Dr Hesperia Lliadou-Suppiej: Curating at the Venice Biennale
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/dr-hesperia-lliadou-suppiej
Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.
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The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.
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Who is the most charitable?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/who-is-the-most-charitable/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 Find out in the latest edition of the Charities Aid Foundation UK Giving report released recently.
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The Giant Bible of Mainz
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/the-giant-bible-of-mainz/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s.
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Affective Digital Histories
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/affective-digital-histories
The Affective Digital Histories project looked at Leicester's Cultural Quarter and the memories of it from local residents with a main focus between the 1970s and 1990s. Learn more about the project.
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The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/the-inclusive-historians-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook is a free project co-sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the National Council on Public History (NCPH) .
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Introduction to Greek History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah1552
Module code: AH1552 What made ancient Greek society so distinctive and how did they emerge? How did the Greeks interact with their Persian neighbours? Does the real Sparta match popular images of it today? Why was Athens the first democracy in the world? ...
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State of the union 2013
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/15/state-of-the-union-2013/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2013 The Brookings Institution provided coverage of the event: http://www.brookings.edu/research/topics/state-of-the-union?cid=em_sotualert021113 Its Facebook page https://www.facebook.
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Unprecedented energy consumption is leaving a permanent stain on planetary history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/anthropocene
A new study co-authored by three professors at the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment argues that the speed and scale of human energy consumption has pushed the Earth towards a new geological epoch, the ‘Anthropocene’.
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Art and Society in Spain
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sp3149
Module code: SP3149 This module will explore some of the major aspects of Spain’s development between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries via a selection of paintings by the great masters of Spanish Art.