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Areas of research
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/areas-of-research
Browse our research projects to get an idea of what our interests and specialities are in the Centre for for Material Worlds Past and Present at the University of Leicester.
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Charity Status
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/charity-status
See the details of our status as an exempt charity within the meaning of Schedule 2 of the Charities Act 1993.
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University of Leicester Staff Blog In Defence of Creative Writing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/03/19/in-defence-of-creative-writing/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on March 19, 2014 Our newest colleague, Dr Jonathan Taylor, responds to Hanif Kureshi in Leicester Exchanges : http://leicesterexchanges.com/2014/03/18/teaching-creative-writing/ .
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Europeana Collage Book
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/europeana-collage-book/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 Create new collage art with materials from museums, libraries, and archives across Europe .
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New resources for primary teachers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/02/new-resources-for-primary-teachers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2013 New resources in the David Wilson Library for primary school teachers.
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IMF revamps data portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/imf-revamps-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The IMF’s new data portal provides streamlined access to international financial data it is easy to explore and has updated API capabilities.
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Booker Prize winner 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/14/booker-prize-winner-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 14, 2024 Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.
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Women’s History Advent Calendar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/29/womens-history-advent-calendar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2024 Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.
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Hub for African Thought
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/18/hub-for-african-thought/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2024 Created at the London School of Economics, the hub aims to showcase African academic authors, offering profiles, reading lists and reviews.
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/03/14/fiendish-friday-quiz-2/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on March 14, 2014 Thomas Gribble’s quiz proved so popular that another soon appeared in the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter . Back in the eighties, Waugh fans had to wait months between installments.