Read our new blog, on Vietnamese prisoners and their descendants in French Guiana: convictscc.le.ac.uk/2024/04/17/of-… College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities The Leverhulme Trust #Vietnam #guyane

The catalogue to our The Leverhulme Trust and
Economic and Social Research Council funded exhibition in New Caledonia is now online and free to view. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/book/…
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If you are in Leicester this afternoon, come along to Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies' annual '10 ... that changed our lives'. Fast, furious, and always sold out, this year it is objects! It's fun and it's free! Literary Leicester University of Leicester

Estherine Adams 🇬🇾 Dr. Estherine Adams 🇬🇾 scoops Guyana Prize for Literature 2023 for non-fiction. Estherine was an outstanding researcher on the University of Guyana - OFFICIAL University of Leicester Guyana collaboration funded by Economic and Social Research Council, also completing her PhD at umhistory. Congrats! History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Last night, we launched our exhibition in Nouméa! It explores the history and legacies of Vietnamese prisoners and exiles in the penal colony of New Caledonia. voixducaillou.nc/2024/02/21/exi… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities The Leverhulme Trust Economic and Social Research Council #NouvelleCaledonie

I'm excited to be in conversation with the wonderful Will Atkins at the fabulous Literary Leicester festival. Joined by History at Leicester's Lorraine Paterson & Carrie Crockett, we'll discuss exile in the British, French & Russian empires - and its aftermaths now. tickettailor.com/events/literar…?

Our latest@LeverhulmeTrust funded project blog is now live. Algerian convict lives and their aftermaths in the penal colony of #NewCaledonia - through the extraordinary life of Abdelkader Ben Cherfia convictscc.le.ac.uk/2024/01/30/an-… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Mental health care in Guyana's jails, historically and now. Our Economic and Social Research Council funded co-authored open access article is now out in Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ho… Martin Halliwell History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities #Guyana

25 years ago, I was working as an English teacher in the small town of Suzu. I am heartbroken at the total devastation of this remote and beautiful place. My heart goes out to everybody in the Noto peninsula. UK JET Programme JET Program USA #JapanTsunami #NotoEarthquake

If you get chance, go and see this exhibition at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on New Walk. I ran into Colin Hyde there. Fabulous stuff! news.leicester.gov.uk/news-articles/… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

It is wonderful to post a guest blog on our The Leverhulme Trust funded project page - by the super talented former Leverhulme early career fellow Dr Katy Roscoe. Thank you Katy and enjoy! convictscc.le.ac.uk/2023/09/30/chi… History at Leicester Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Fabulous new issue of Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History now out (paywall). Inc. annual bibliography. muse.jhu.edu/issue/50561/pr… Hopkins Press History at Leicester

We have published a blog about our work with genealogists who are connected to formerly enslaved convicts transported to Australia in the 19th century convictscc.le.ac.uk/2023/07/10/gen… The Leverhulme Trust History at Leicester #Genealogy #familyhistory #Barbados #Mauritius #Australia

I am thrilled and honoured to announce that I have been elected a Fellow of The British Academy thebritishacademy.ac.uk/the-british-ac… History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities University of Leicester