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  • Where Empires Meet

    Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on May 3, 2015   In a previous blog , I wrote on the theme of the politics of comparison, of the connected history of circulation and mobility that underpins the CArchipelago project team’s approach to the historiography,...

  • On multi-sited research and mono-sited (nationalist) memory

    Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on May 26, 2015 Addressing convict transportation – the key feature in the Carceral Archipelago project – implies multi-sited research, that is, research in archives located in different places (and countries/continents).

  • Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s 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.

  • February Book Group: Decline and Fall

    A summary of the February 2014 Book Group meeting

  • World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener

    Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.

  • Disability History Month 2023

    Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 16, 2023 To mark UK Disability History Month , which falls between 16 th November and 16 th December, Archives and Special Collections are showcasing items from our holdings which shed light on these...

  • Innovative Medical course turns out first cohort of qualified doctors

    The first cohort of students from a medical course designed to help widen participation in Medicine is set to graduate this summer

  • From council estate to House of Lords – race equality campaigner is honoured by University of Leicester

    A race equality campaigner who rose from humble beginnings on a Leicester council estate to sit in the House of Lords has been honoured by the University of Leicester.

  • Student puts his own stamp on Leicester

    David Hall, graduating with a History BA this week, has put his own ‘stamp’ on his academic work at the University of Leicester - quite literally! David began collecting stamps when he was a child, inspired by his grandad’s collection.

  • I will always have a place in my heart for Leicester its academic influence and personal impact on how much I now believe in myself

    When it comes to making the most of your opportunities as a student, Eleanor Ferguson has done just that. This week, Eleanor will be graduating with a BA in History, but a degree isn’t the only thing that she will be taking away from her time at Leicester.

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