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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...

• The largest prison in the world

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/12/19/reflections-on-the-worlds-largest-prison/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on December 19, 2014 Several days ago, I broke from reading through the notes of nineteenth-century Russian penal inspectors to admire the 23rd edition of the International Prison News Digest , a publication of the Institute...

• Comparisons and Connections (part 1)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/03/02/comparisons-and-connections-part-1/

  Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 2, 2015 In her last blog (https://staffblogs.le.ac.

• Remembering Exile and Transportation: some thoughts from Cape Town

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/02/remembering-exile-and-transportation-some-thoughts-from-cape-town/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 2, 2014   Before I began T he Carceral Archipelago project , my research was loosely centred on the history of Indian Ocean penal settlements and colonies, from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.

• Convicts, Collecting and Knowledge Production in the Nineteenth Century

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/27/convicts-collecting-and-knowledge-production-in-the-nineteenth-century/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on July 27, 2015 In previous blogs, I have explored some of the circulations and connections that linked nations, colonies and empires, and wove together practices of punishment and penal labour across polities and imperial spaces.

• New University film, 'Revisiting the Harms of Hate', available now

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/revisiting-harms-hate-film

  The sequel to a celebrated short film, produced by the University of Leicester, exploring the impact of hate crime is now available to watch.

• Leicester sports sociologist examines the making of British football

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/john-williams-book

  The history of British football and its people is the subject of a book from University of Leicester sports sociologist, John Williams.

• University of Leicester and Sporting Equals address lack of diversity in sports leadership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/leaderboard

  A programme designed to support and prepare people from minority ethnic backgrounds for future governance and leadership roles in UK sport has completed its fourth year.

• Ignite abstracts

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting/ignite-abstracts

  We are pleased to present the following Ignite-style presentations, sharing good EDI practices.

• Spotlight to be shone on UK women in reggae

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/spotlight-to-be-shone-on-uk-women-in-reggae

  Donald Harper, a PhD student in the School of Management and music industry veteran, will be shining a light on a group of unsung heroes from the UK music industry by producing a film documentary as part of his PhD.