Black History month 2020. Black history online: colonies, resettlement, identity
The history of black lives in the United Kingdom and Ireland is built upon Britain’s colonial past, the history of
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Black History Month 2020 : Black History online : Irish historical newspapers
Online historical archives present challenges as well as opportunities for the researcher. On the one hand, what is there not
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Decolonising the curriculum: sources for Black History at Queen’s
Access to material and knowledge is at the heart of what librarians do. In an age when we are surrounded
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Restricted Access to Special Collections Materials: for 3 weeks from Monday 11 November 2019
Due to the installation of the new fire suppression system at Special Collections & Archives we must modify service operations
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Celebrating Gender History at Queen’s University: An exhibition honouring the career of Professor Mary O’Dowd
“Natalie Zemon Davs described women’s history as being essentially about asking the question ‘and what about the women?’ of all
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The life, and public memory, of Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
Mary Seacole [née Grant] (1805–1881) is best known as the nurse who, after trying unsuccessfully to join Florence Nightingale’s group
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Transition Skills and Widening Participation @QUBLibrary
As part of its support and outreach activities the Library at Queen’s has been involved in a number of recent
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Queen’s and Queen Victoria
The Queen’s Colleges in Ireland In this bicentenary year of the birth of Queen Victoria, on 24 May 1819, it
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