From the questionable design choice to include an author’s presumed gender in their global library name authority record to the gendered nature of names in general, society seems to have made some questionable design choices in how we choose to label people that have far-reaching consequences.
We are excited to begin the new year by presenting you with the archives of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) covering 1482-2010.
Funded by research funding from our success in the last Research Excellence Framework exercise, this archive of historical geography is extensive and includes Maps, Atlases, Charts and Plans; Expedition Reports; Fieldnotes, Correspondence and Diaries; Grey Literature; Photographs, Artwork and Illustrations; Journal Manuscripts; Photographs; Proceedings, Lectures, and Ephemera. The collection spans a wide variety of interdisciplinary research areas, and supports educational needs in Anthropology, Area Studies; Cartography and Visualizations, Colonial, Post-Colonial & Decolonisation Studies; Development Studies; Environmental Degradation; Historical & Cultural Geography; Historical Sociology; Human Geography; Identity, Gender & Ethnic Studies; Geology; International Relations; Trade and Commerce, and Law and Policy relating to Colonization and over a hundred special collections.
155,000 people go missing every year just in the UK. This new podcast hears from academics and practitioners exploring who goes missing, how, why, and how the way that we define a missing person impacts this largely ignored social problem.
Welcome to Fashion Revolution Week! Don’t miss the exciting free public lecture (and panel discussion) this Thursday on how Covid-19 is changing the face of charity shops, Thursday 22 April, 6.00-7.30 pm. While charity shops may get ‘ransacked’ by style-hungry …
Hot on the heels of our last humanities purchase, we are delighted to add the 1980s module of Mass Observation. This digital archive contains topics of interest to a wide range of subjects, including History, Politics, the Social Sciences and …
Many of you will know the feeling of a hangover: the nausia, headache, disorientation and a mouth that feels strangely rough and furry. What you might not realise is that getting drunk, and in many cases very drunk, is not …
Following the successful trial during LGBTQ Awareness month (in February), we are pleased to announce that we have bought permanent access to the online resource “Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History & Culture Since 1940”. This exciting new addition …
It feels good to be told you are right, even when you are wrong. When no-one knows enough facts, it all becomes a whole heap of fun. The solution might be to slow down and start to explore the fantastic …
We are delighted to present trial access to Sage Video running until 31st May 2016. We have access to the Education collection, Media & Communication collection, and Counselling & Psychotherapy collections. Make a change from reading and explore the collection.
The academic study of queer culture and lifestyles has become a popular field of study in several degree courses. We have a broad range of books about this subject in the University Library. For anyone who is interested I came …
Exploring queer cultures and lifestyles in the creative arts in Britain c1885-1967 Read more »
