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Histories of Violence
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Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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Islamic Art
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Learn more about the Islamic Art programme that we offer to primary school children.
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Expert opinions cover primate archaeology and the science of Jupiter
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Dr Huw Barton from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History has written an article for Think: Leicester discussing how both Capuchins and Chimpanzees are showing evidence of using tools, problem solving and more, lifting the lid on a new field of archaeology.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 Find out in the latest annual report on the global rate of connection from the ITU. This year’s theme is Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development.
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Winners of the 12th Festival of Postgraduate Research announced
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The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2016 have been announced. During the Festival our University gets to showcase the best of its research student talent and this year the standard of entries was very high.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/the-herstroy-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 The HERstory Project is a student-led site containing largely early-career researchers’ work in progress.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/12/07/social-security-and-the-gig-economy-lessons-from-the-french-intermittents-du-spectable-scheme/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 7, 2023 A radical redesign of the UK benefits system for gig economy workers could draw inspiration from a French scheme that covers art industry workers writes Guillaume Wilemme and Piotr Denderski of the...
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Watch speeches for Attenborough Arts gallery opening in full
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You can now watch the full speeches from the opening of Attenborough Arts’ new galleries wing, given by the centre Director Michaela Butter, President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle and Sir David Attenborough. Sir David officially opened the new £1.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...