{"id":2444,"date":"2026-06-22T11:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:22:43","slug":"join-us-for-hoskins-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/2026\/06\/22\/join-us-for-hoskins-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for Hoskins Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Join us this Saturday 27 June for Hoskins Day 2026, Leicester&#8217;s annual celebration of local and landscape history. This year&#8217;s keynote lecture is about coastal landscapes of the Second World War and will be delivered by Robert Liddiard (UEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2026\/06\/Hoskins-Day-2026-posters-5-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><br>We will also have:<br> &#8211; spotlight on new research from the Centre for Regional and Local History<br> &#8211; a tour of the Library&#8217;s local history collections and a chance to see the newly catalogued papers of WG Hoskins. <br><br>The day is free to attend, but please book your place here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/shall-we-fight-them-on-the-beaches-tickets-1985184653739\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/shall-we-fight-them-on-the-beaches-tickets-1985184653739<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us this Saturday 27 June for Hoskins Day 2026, Leicester&#8217;s annual celebration of local and landscape history. 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