Matteotti documents
A collection relating to the aftermath of the murder of Italian socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti in Rome on 10 June 1924 https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1lw01006 They include newspapers, committee papers and documents from figures such as Sylvia Pankhurst campaigning against fascism in Italy. Court documents will be added soon.
Self-translations printed in Italy and France
Writing Bilingually: self-translations printed in Italy and France from 1465 to 1700. This research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2023-26 and led by Dr Sara Miglietti, aims to create an annotated database of works translated into several languages including from Latin to vernacular languages. It is sub-divided into translations printed in France and in […]
French Revolution Publications Collection
French Revolution Publications CollectionFree access to digital versions of over 4,000 items from the University of Kentucky Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. They include “Indexer sur Recueil de journaux, 1790-1802.” The collection is made up of 28 volumes of political bulletins curated by an anonymous observer of the events of the French Revolution and offers […]
Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries. They include national collections and biographies of individuals such as Josephine Baker, Charlotte Bronte, Miriam Makeba and Queen Elizabeth II.
Digital Florentine Codex upgrade
Digital Florentine Codex is a 16th-century manuscript that details, in both the Spanish and Nahuatl languages, the culture and history of the Mexica (Aztec) people, including the invasion of Mexico City by the Spaniards. It also covers local knowledge. This new upgrade has extensive translations and can now be searched in English via themes such as […]
Banned Books and Academic Freedom
Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research of articles from its academic journals highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional learning, higher education, and more.Categories in the collection include:
Connecting Africa
Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa. Full-text of publications, images and sound from institutional repositories many based in African nations.
Southwest Asia and North African literature
Kotobli is a book discovery platform and database for authors, books, publishers and literary magazines from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. It aims to highlight works by writers from this region and to “challenge anti-colonial recommendation algorithms.” See more information on their work in this explanatory blog posting which highlights their specialist reading […]
Bibliothèque numérique caraibe amazonie plateau des guyanes
Manioc.org is a digital library of sources covering Amazonia and the Caribbean maintained by the University of the West Indies and the university of Guyana. It has books, prints, maps and documents of the history and culture of the region including slavery. Some items are offered in French only.
September is East and South East Asian Heritage Month
Getting ready for East and South East Asian Heritage Month https://www.eseaheritagemonth.co.uk/ South East Asia Digital Library Provides free access to primary and secondary materials created in and about Southeast Asia. Covers Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. South east Asia visions A collection of over 350 European travel accounts of […]
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