Degree-level part-time courses, workshops, and seminars
Leicester Adult Education College, Belvoir Street, LE1 6QL 'Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s In ’Caught short’: London’s loos since the 1960s’ Simon Fowler and Dan Weinbren look at the impact of toilets on public life over the past sixty years.
Bradley Phipps discusses the history of the opposition to the Civil Rights Movement and the difficulties in researching this less-studied area of US history.
Dr Stuart Mitchell talks about the Giant Hogweed sensation of 1970
Kate Carruthers Thomas talks about her family history research and her attempt to reveal stories of those who have previously been sidelined or ignored in favour of male lines of descent.
A talk about the process of bird ringing and the data it provides: what is its on-going relevance for conservation management?
Dr Denise McHugh explains how returning British colonisers tried to find a 'place in the sun' when they returned to Britain from India. She explores the households and habits of self-identifying 'Anglo-Indians'.
A talk by Dr Ann Stones which considers contemporary medieval perceptions of Charnwood using maps, place-names, landscape and archaeological evidence.
Chris Williams explains about the history of police control rooms and how the 999 emergency telephone system came into operation
A talk by Sophie Michell about how the inquest worked in the nineteenth century. The talk is illustrated with examples from Leicester.
Miriam Gill shares how fragmentary stained glass may develop our understanding of the spectacular finale of Coventry's missing Mystery Plays, the Drapers' play of the Last Judgement.