A prelude to Friday's Lab: Up An' At 'Em!
The visual has the capacity to be incredibly powerful. We have recently seen how much so at the Tower of London: 888,246 ceramic poppies were planted to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War,...
View ArticlePodcast 2: Dan, Jennie, Matt and Sam discuss World War One
Following Adam Prime's lab 'One Hundred Years of the First World War', some committee members gathered to discuss the issues. And the Sainsbury's advert!https://archive.org/details/nhl_ww1
View ArticlePart-timing
Parks and Recreation's moustachioed libertarian Ron Swanson says "never half-ass two things: whole-ass one thing". Today I worked for six hours in the library IT Helpzone, spent two hours recording a...
View ArticleNew History Lab Podcast - Richard III news
Dan, Joe, Katie and Sam discuss the recent news on Richard III https://archive.org/details/nhl-riii At the time we were discussing the news presented here, the University later put up another page with...
View ArticleNew History Lab Podcast - The West Wing
https://archive.org/details/nhl_west_wing Aaron, Jennie, Kelsey and Nicola discuss the West Wing
View ArticleNew History Lab podcast - Black Friday
Dan, Joe, Katie and Sam discuss consumerism and Black Fridayhttps://archive.org/details/nhl_blackfriday We also refer to Adam Curtis' documentary series The Century of the Self, the recent BBC series...
View ArticleThe Story of Leicester, Siobhan Begley
Back in October Siobhan Begley came and told us the history of Leicester from the Romans to the present. You can now hear that here, and Siobhan's book The Story of Leicester can be found in the...
View ArticleUp an' at 'em, Jed Jaggard
A recording of Jed's lab on historical re-enactment from November 28th. Not long till labs start now!
View ArticleNew History Lab Showcase!
Ready to return to from the weeks of debauchery to continue forging the intellectual future? Our first lab of 2015 will feature short talks from committee members Katie, Matt and Sam. Should be...
View ArticleThe World's Your Oyster
Tomorrow we have a panel discussion about global history in the undergraduate curriculum, featuring some of the School of History's leading lights. The more questions you have the better! Note that...
View Article2015 so far
Blink and you end up a month and a half into the year! The days are getting longer and the sun a little warmer; it won't be long before we're surrounded by daffodils, swallows, lambs, rabbit-shaped...
View Article'Everyday life in East Germany' and 'Discover Special Collections'
This week we have two events to promote! In our usual Friday lab slot we will be joined by Simon Dixon from the David Wilson Library, who will be talking about the Special Collections' holdings and...
View ArticleDiscover Special Collections, meet in Library Seminar Room
For tonight's lab please join us in the Library Seminar Room, not Attenborough 206. If you do not have access to the library please email you details to Jennie jb573@le.ac.uk and we will give your name...
View ArticleThe Wellcome's Institute of Sexology Exhibit
On Saturday I decided to visit the Wellcome Trust's Institute of Sexology Exhibit after many, many, suggestions to do so by friends and colleagues. As a self-proclaimed 'sexologist-in-training' I was...
View ArticleBishops, Dinosaurs, and Robot Soldiers of Death
Last lab of the term coming up :( But what a lab!
View ArticleSummer Labs!
Yes that's right! We have a jam-packed summer planned with a pub crawl, advice on funding applications and even a film lab. Check out this poster and more to follow throughout the following months....
View ArticleHow I learned to stop worrying and got a job
On 8th May, in the first of our Spring/Summer series of events, New History Lab hosted three Leicester alumni who spoke of their experiences in the job market after finishing their Masters degrees....
View Article'The Liberal Party & the Great War'
Tomorrow, the lab welcomes back Dr. Gavin Freeman - a former committee member and chairman!
View ArticleThe Liberal Party and the Great War
On 22nd May, the lab played host to Dr. Gavin Freeman, a former committee member and chairman. He took as his subject 'The Liberal Party and the Great War', giving us a detailed narrative of the power...
View ArticleListen Up! Moments in the History of Sound
This Friday, our very own Sam Grinsell will be presenting on the history of sound. Currently an MA student with the Centre for Urban History, Sam has been responsible for designing almost all of the...
View ArticleThe Oldest Qur'an
Today's post comes from Dan Porter, an MRes student in the School of History. He's studying Islamic ideas about Western Christians during the Crusades. You might have noticed a news item in the last...
View ArticleHistoric Pub Crawl - extra info
It's that time of year again - we're really excited about our annual historic pub crawl around Leicester led by Colin Hyde, researcher and outreach officer at the East Midlands Oral History Archive....
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