FREE borrowing for Alumni at University of Leicester libraries It appears that Alumni have been added to the small number of local groups like Leicestershire NHS staff, Leicestershire teaching… Continue reading “FREE borrowing for Alumni at University of Leicester libraries”…
FREE Membership for ALL University of Leicester History Students and PhD History Candidates The Friends of The Centre for English Local History are pleased to extend FREE membership to ALL University of Leicester… Continue reading “FREE Membership for ALL University of Leicester History Students and PhD History Candidates”…
New Thinking: Flooding and Energy by Richard Jones Podcast for BBC Radio 3. How decoding Erewash, Trent, Averham and other field, river and place names from old maps… Continue reading “New Thinking: Flooding and Energy by Richard Jones”…
Christopher Taylor Obituary Chris Dyer has written a memoir / obituary for Chris Taylor, written for the British Academy, which will eventually be… Continue reading “Christopher Taylor Obituary”…
Chris Mitchell As a follow-up to the recent Friends Online Presentation The Multicultural Middle Ages Chris Mitchell advises that his PhD thesis… Continue reading “Chris Mitchell”…
Friends’ volunteers complete digitisation of the CELH library card catalogue Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers, the Friends have now completed the digitisation of the CELH… Continue reading “Friends’ volunteers complete digitisation of the CELH library card catalogue”…
Dr. Rosamond Faith and the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize. We are pleased to report that a member of The Friends and eminent former member of the Department of English… Continue reading “Dr. Rosamond Faith and the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize.”…
The Human Costs of the British Civil Wars. On 9th December 2021 the inaugural David Dymond Memorial Winter Lecture was given by Andrew Hopper. The following report is… Continue reading “The Human Costs of the British Civil Wars.”…
New Director of The Centre for English Local History We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Angela Muir as the new Director of the Centre for English… Continue reading “New Director of The Centre for English Local History”…
A New Appointment for Professor Andrew Hopper We would like to offer our congratulations to Andrew Hopper who has given up his role as Professor of English… Continue reading “A New Appointment for Professor Andrew Hopper”…
Access to the Digitised Historical Censuses 1861-1911 Richard Rodger, FRHS, FAcSS Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh Name’ and ‘Address’ are critical to tracking people, to linkages with… Continue reading “Access to the Digitised Historical Censuses 1861-1911”…
The human suffering of civilians during the First English Civil War BLOG FOR ‘FRIENDS’ from Dr Maureen Harris, PhD from The Centre for English Local History (2015), Honorary Visiting Fellow (2015-2020)… Continue reading “The human suffering of civilians during the First English Civil War”…