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  • Leicester postgraduate students bring the story of WW1 African soldiers to light

    Two postgraduate students from our University have been heavily involved with a community research and exhibition project that explores the legacy of African soldiers in the First World War.

  • Joe Ortons celebrated play Loot to be explored 50 years after premiere

    A two-day celebration of Joe Orton's Loot organised by a University of Leicester academic marks 50 years since the London premiere of his ‘comedy of horrors’.

  • Sue Townsend (1946-2014)

    Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 16, 2014 It was with great sadness that we learned last week of the death of one of our depositors, Sue Townsend, the creator of the Adrian Mole diaries and one of the most popular British novelists of the late...

  • Keep Calm and Scroll On! (Pt. 2)

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 8, 2020         Although we can’t meet physically, the Archives & Special Collections team have enjoyed catching up virtually in our new work stations.

  • The Social Welfare History Image Portal

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 This great  site provides free access to a wealth of images drawn from the collections of VCU Libraries, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives,...

  • Re-presenting the People

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 A practice based investigation into the hidden history of the Portsmouth Suffragists’ campaign for equal rights, explored through the lens of visual communication design.

  • Belarusian politics archive

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2023 Belarusian Politics and Society Web Archive : Archive-It – Belarusian Politics and Society    The site was curated by librarians at Harvard and Stanford Universities, the...

  • Jewish Britain on Film

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player  combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.

  • Decolonising Filmic Experience workshops webinars archive

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 These took place at University of Hertfordshire in Summer 2024 and are described by the organisers as intended to be part of a continuing dialogue around the coloniality of filmic...

  • How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds

    Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of modern life, and mathematics is working behind the scenes on all of them.

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