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Research Bulletin

Issue 4 · Winter 2017

Literary Leicester showcases College Research

The curtain has come down on another Parry has launched a major project to Anglo-Saxon farming, David Gentilcore Literary Leicester festival, which this year improve digital literacy in UK museums, is reassessing the Mediterranean past proved to be a great platform to showcase and Elke Schwarz’s project will inform via a history of water, and there are college research. At Gaddesby Primary international discussions about ethical fresh approaches to assessing crime School for instance, Liam McCarthy values in military operations. risk (Andrew Newton) and discovery- communicated our own historical research led learning (Agnetta Svalberg and Jim This issue’s featured project is Richard findings to schoolchildren about African Askham). Sandell’s Prejudice and Pride, which American GI children who attended the memorably brought the National Trust’s New tiger teams focus on women’s school during WWII. hidden LGBTQ history to public attention. experience of digitised diagnosis during Many new and exciting research projects maternity care (Nicola Mackintosh; EU-focused projects include an feature in the final bulletin of 2017 Sarah CIs Gong and Nervo Verdezoto) investigation of trade union futures including two projects with international and prison research (Tammy Ayres, Matt (Heather Connolly), authorisation significance. One about early settlement Tonkin, Kate Gooch and Emma Palmer). processes for the use of pesticides in in Morocco’s Draa Valley (David Mattingly) all 28-member states (Olivia Hamlyn). and the other about China’s urban history Meanwhile, our college continues to If you have research stories to include (Toby Lincoln). pioneer new methodologies. Richard in the next bulletin, please email: Back in Britain meanwhile, Jo Story Thomas and colleagues will conduct [email protected] and colleagues will use AHRC funding a bioarchaeological investigation of to complete the nation’s corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture. Better futures are envisaged, and promoted by, a series of new projects: a child-led history and writing project about Britain’s colonial countryside (Corinne Fowler), a programme of creative empowerment for Vietnamese women (Maria Gasparin) and a project to raise awareness of hate crime in the HE sector (Stevie-Jade Hardy and Neil Chakaraborti). Matt Hopkins tackles uninsured driving, Deborah Toner and collaborators will promote cross-cultural dialogue through food stories, Steve King has received major funding for contesting the New Poor Law (1834 – 1900), Ross African American GIs stationed at Gaddesby village in Leicestershire New projects

School of Archaeology and effects of a discovery oriented approach responses at the University. The project is Ancient History on the engagement with language of set to have national impact on tackling hate adult foreign language learners at the crime in many forms in higher education. Mattingly, David (with CIs Martin University of Leicester’. Four Languages@ See more Sterry and Youssef Bokbot.) British Leicester classes and teachers, Academy Small Grant (£10,000). ‘The representing four target languages, Hopkins, Matt. Motor Insurers Bureau Middle Draa Project (Morocco)’. The project participate in this intervention study of a (£94,000). ‘Exploring the reasons for is investigating early oasis settlement in the discovery oriented approach to learning. uninsured driving’. The aim of the research Draa valley (Moroccan Sahara) through a Audio-recorded student interaction, is to conduct an online survey with combination of satellite image analysis and observations, teacher and researcher uninsured drivers in order to ascertain: (1) fieldwork. Work in 2015-16 has identified journals, and student and teacher What the key reasons are for not having many thousands of pre-Islamic burials and interviews will be analysed, with a focus valid vehicle insurance; (2) Driver attitudes hundreds of early occupation sites. The new on learner engagement with language, towards car insurance; and (3) To identify grant will support a short survey expedition and teachers’ perspectives. any strategies that might reduce the to explore hitherto unvisited areas in the number of uninsured drivers on the road. northern part of the valley, where the See more Newton, Andrew. Consumer Data earliest settlement and early mining activity Research Centre (Innovation Fund) – is thought to have been concentrated. School of Business ESRC big data centre: http://www.cdrc. See more Connolly, Heather British Academy ac.uk/ (£59,911.88). ‘Urban Mobility and Mid-career Fellowship (£113,500). ‘Trade Crime: Examining consumer data to better Thomas, Richard; Hamerow, Helena Union Futures: Representing Precarious measure crime rates in urban centres’. (University of Oxford), with Dr Amy Workers in Europe’. This research seeks to This study examines the utility of CDRC Bogaard (University of Oxford) and Dr better understand, and communicate to transport, retail and footfall data, and Mike Charles (University of Oxford) a broad audience, the possible futures of mobile data (twitter and crowd sourcing as Co-Is. European Research Council (EUR trade unions in France and the UK, and in data) to better assess crime risk (rates) and 1.94 million with £85,000 to Leicester). particular, the ways in which they seek to for the police to better target resources ‘Feeding Anglo-Saxon England (FeedSax): represent precarious workers – the ever- in local crime hot spots in time and place, The Bioarchaeology of an Agricultural increasing number of workers who are given the underlying urban mobility Revolution’. Between the 8th and 13th at the margins of, or are excluded from, patterns present. centuries, the English population soared established systems of collective and legal to unprecedented levels. This could not regulation and protection. School of Media, have happened without a corresponding Gasparin, Marta British Council boom in agricultural production. But Communication and (£10,000) College Development Fund, when, where and how were the crucial Sociology RED seeds funding, CAMEo seeds developments in farming achieved? Feeding funding (£10,500 total). ‘Crafting Futures: Mackintosh, Nicola; CIs Gong, Sarah Anglo-Saxon England sets out to address Vietnam’. The programme aims to foster and Verdezoto, Nervo. University of these questions through the application of empowerment through the development Leicester Tiger Team award (£5,000). bioarchaeological techniques. of creative social enterprise and design- ‘DEPAC: Digital enablement, promise See more led skills for female artisans and designers, and uncertainty in maternity care’, and promoting social innovation, fair and its uniformity’. The project analyses School of Arts ethical collaborations, and an appreciation the mediation of digitised diagnosis of cultural heritage. in maternity care by examining how Fowler, Corinne. Colonial Countryside: technologies shape women’s experiences British Country Houses’ Caribbean and East The goal is to create more inclusive of pregnancy. This will reveal vital India Company Connections (crowd-funded opportunities for women in sustainable insights for current management of for phase 1). A child-led history and writing and ethical craft-based production. serious complications in maternity and project in partnership with the National for understanding relationships between Trust and Peepal Tree Press. Colonial Department of Criminology risk and uncertainty, society and digital Countryside will create a new generation of technologies. Hardy, Stevie-Jade and Chakraborti, BAME historians and commentators. Ten- Neil. Higher Education Funding Council year-olds will work with historians, writers, for England (Catalyst Fund) (£94,000). Leicester Law School editors and curators to bring country ‘Standing Together Against Hate’. This Hamlyn, Olivia. European Parliament houses’ colonial connections to public project will be delivered collaboratively (EUR 15,000). ‘Assessing Member States’ attention. with the University of Leicester Students’ capacity for reliable authorization of plant Svalberg, Agneta M-L and Askham, Union, Student Support Services, Estates protection products’, and its uniformity’. Jim. Leicester Learning Institute, Stream and Campus Services and the Equalities This project concerns the authorisation A: Pedagogic Research on Strategic Unit to enhance awareness of hate crime of pesticides in all 28 EU Member States. Developments (£10,928). ‘Exploring the and online harassment and to improve It seeks to map and understand the

2 diversity of authorisation procedures be focusing on drinking water, as both Story, Joanna E. Arts and Humanities implemented by Member States as well substance and practice, from a variety Research Council (£53,000 to Leicester as their independence and transparency of different approaches and disciplines from a grant of £779k to Durham and the extent to which they reflect the and using a wide range of different but University). ‘Worked in Stone: Completing principles of precaution, sustainability and complementary sources. the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone substitution. Sculpture’. The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon See more Stone Sculpture is a long-running, flagship School of History, Politics King, Steven. Arts and Humanities project for the British Academy. This AHRC and International Relations Research Council (£820,638) ‘In Their Own award funds the completion of the corpus, Write: Contesting the New Poor Law 1834- including volume 14 cataloguing the pre- Abbots, Emma-Jayne (University of 1900. In partnership with the The National Conquest sculpture of the East Midlands Wales, Trinity St David); Co-I, Toner, Archives. (Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire Deborah. Arts and Humanities Research and the Soke of Peterborough) which will Council (c. £91,000 (FEC); reclaimable Lincoln, Toby. Arts and Humanities be authored by Prof Jo Story and Dame from AHRC c. £73,000). ‘Fostering Cross- Research Council (£200,817). ‘Post war Professor Rosemary Cramp (Durham). Cultural Dialogue Through Food’. Food, Urban Reconstruction in China, 1938 – See more and its narratives, can help to translate the 1958’. This project researches how urban histories and cultures of different parts of reconstruction in China during and after the world to one another, encouraging World War II laid the foundation for the School of Museum Studies reflection on culinary heritage and cultural country to become the world’s largest Ross, Parry. Arts and Humanities Research identity. Food Stories will promote such urban society. The outputs will include a Council (Standard Grant) (£503,000). cross-cultural understandings through network of scholars and professionals in ‘One by One: building the digital literacies cookery workshops, a cookbook, and café- China interested in wartime heritage, and a of UK museums’. ‘One by One’ leverages style seminars in Bradford, Coventry and website of teaching materials. interdisciplinary scholarship to deliver a London. transformative framework for museum Schwarz, Elke. British Academy/ workforce digital literacy. It is an ambitious See more Leverhulme Small Grants Award (£8,464). 2.5-year collaboration of 17 partners Gentilcore, David. European Institutes ‘Moral agency and meaningful human (including Arts Council England and the for Advanced Study (EURIAS) fellowship control: Exploring military ethical values Museums Association), involving a network programme, European Commission for alignment in the use of autonomous of ‘Digital Fellows’ leading action research (EUR 38,000 living allowance). ‘The weapons systems’. This project examines projects within six museums across the UK. Best of All Things: Drinking Water in the how technologically advanced militaries Mediterranean, 1400-1900’. The year is view moral agency and ethical values devoted to beginning a major new research vis-à-vis new autonomous and intelligent project, on cultures of water in Italy and technologies. It seeks to (1) provide a the Mediterranean, from the late Middle clarification of ethical values and moral Ages to the modern era, viewing water agency in military operations, and (2) open as a physical, cultural, social, economic an interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic to and political resource. In particular, I shall help shape policy and industry guidelines.

Anglo Saxon grave cover in Narborough, Leicestershire, 10 C.

Damage caused following a Japanese bombing raid on Nantao in the neighbourhood of Shanghai South railway station

3 New books and journals

School of Archaeology and School of Arts Hardie, Iain, MacKenzie, Donald and Svetlova, Ekaterina. (2017), Chains of Ancient History Barefoot, Guy. (2017). Trash Cinema: The Finance: How Investment Management is Lure of the Low. This volume explores the Harris, Oliver and Cipolla, Craig. Shaped. (Oxford University Press). Investor’s paradoxical appeal of the lower reaches of the (Royal Ontario Museum – formally money today flows through a ‘chain’, a cinema. It looks at films from the B-movies of University of Leicester). Archaeological sequence of intermediaries. The book the 1930s to the mockbusters of today, and Theory in the New Millennium. explores what goes on in that chain and from the New York Underground to Turkey’s (Routledge). This book explores the demonstrates how connections between Yeşilçam studios, examining the reasons current state of archaeological theory, different actors influence their decisions for studying, denigrating or celebrating the challenging more traditional narratives and practices. It provides a thorough detritus of film history. (Wallflower Press/ of disciplinary thought. It charts the analysis of the asset management industry Columbia University Press). emergence of the new emphasis from a social science perspective based on on relations as well as exploring the See more in-depth field research. implications of the latest strands of Cooke, Barbara. (2017) A Little Learning. thinking. It acts both as an accessible Part of the new Complete Works of Evelyn Department of Criminology introduction to the most current schools Waugh (43 vols, 23 editors), the first scholarly Hardy, Stevie-Jade and Chakraborti, of thought, and an analysis of the edition of Waugh’s work, will contain all Neil. (2017) Hate Crime: Identifying and strengths and weaknesses of different his (unexpurgated) diaries, letters (85% of Dismantling Barriers to Justice, Leicester: approaches. which have never previously been published), Centre for Hate Studies. Available at See more visual art, novels, short stories, travelogues, See more biographies, essays, articles and reviews. Mac Sweeney, Naoíse. Troy: Myth, Supported by a £822,000 AHRC grant, it Sanders, Teela, Scoular, Jane, Campbell, City, Icon. (Bloomsbury). This book is the largest edition of any C20th author. Rosie, Pitcher, Jane and Cunningham, explores the significance of Troy from a (Oxford University Press). Stewart. (2017) Internet Sex Work, mythic, an archaeological, and a cultural London: Palgrave Macmillan. perspective. From the palaces of Homeric Krauthaker, Marion. (2016) ‘S’écrire epic to the ancestral seat of Roman pour mieux mourir. Les Souvenirs de See more emperors, and from condom branding l’hermaphrodite Herculine Barbines’. in Sexes, to reggae records, through the centuries genres, sexualités. Que disent les manuscrits? School of History, Politics and Troy has been a word to conjure with. ed. Danielle Constantin, Catherine Viollet (Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre), International Relations See more December 2016: Johnstone, Andrew. (edited with Andrew Priest). US Presidential Elections and Foreign Cooper, Lynden P. and Ripper, Les écrits autobiographiques abordent des Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Susan. Fishing and Managing the aspects intimes de la vie, notamment les Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton. Lexington: Trent in the Medieval Period (7th–14th relations complexes entre le biologique et le University Press of Kentucky. US Presidential Century): Excavations at Hemington social. Ce chapitre explore les mémoires d’une Elections and Foreign Policy examines how Quarry (1998–2000), Castle Donington, personne intersexe du 19ème et comment ce the relationship between foreign policy and UK. Archaeological monitoring of texte porte la trace de conflits, d’ambiguïtés et electoral politics evolved through the latter gravel extraction in the Middle Trent de censures et affiche la réalité d’une identité half of the twentieth century. Covering all floodplain revealed palaeochannels violée. presidential elections from 1940 to 1992, with waterlogged conditions that See more the contributors demonstrate that while preserved rare evidence of Medieval international concerns were more important riverine structures relating to fishing North, Julian and James, Felicity in some campaigns than others, foreign and river management. The results have (Editors) Writing Lives Together: Romantic policy always matters and is often decisive. contributed to the designation of the and Victorian Auto/biography. (London: Hemington reach on List A of Historic Routledge, 2017). The collection includes See more England’s Exceptional Waterlogged an essay by Felicity on ‘Life Writing, Religion Heritage Inventory. and Community’, and one by Julian on Leicester Law School intertextuality in Lives of the poets by Thomas ISBN: 9781407316178 Cortes, Pablo. (2017) The Law of De Quincey and Edward Trelawny. Consumer Redress in an Evolving Digital See more Stannard, Martin. (2017) Vile Bodies. Also Market (Cambridge University Press). West, Ian. (2016) Technology in the part of the new Complete Works of Evelyn See more Country House. Winner of the AIA 2017 Waugh (see entry for Cooke, Barbara). Peter Neaverson Award for Outstanding (Oxford University Press). Riley, Stephen. (2017) Human Dignity and Scholarship in Industrial Archaeology. Law: Legal and Philosophical Investigations (Historic England Publishing). School of Business (Routledge). See more Arjaliès, Diane-Laure, Grant, Philip, See more

4 School of Media, Communications and Sociology Morgner, Christian; Luhmann, Niklas; Davies, Howard; Raffan, John, Rooney, Kathryn; King, Michael. (2017) Trust and Power (Wiley). See more Rovisco, Maria and Veneti, Anastasia. (Bournemouth University) (2017). Picturing Protest – Visuality, Visibility and the Public Sphere. Visual Communication, vol. 13, issue 3. This special issue is concerned with how and why certain visual images picturing protest events and social movements are rendered visible or invisible in the public sphere. ‘Picturing Protest’ responds to the growing interest in a new protest culture and activisms, ranging from Arab revolts to the Occupy Movement, and anti-austerity protests in Europe. See more Tufte, Thomas. (2017) Communication and Social Change. A Citizen Perspective. In this book, Tufte calls for a fundamental rethinking of what it takes to enable citizens’ voices, participation and power in processes of social change. Drawing on examples from social movements to international development cooperation, he presents cutting-edge debates about the role of media and communication in enhancing social change. Cambridge: Polity Press. See more Tufte, Thomas and Obregon, Rafael. (2017) Communication and Collective Action Special Section of Journal of Communication: Volume 67, issue 5, pages 635–826, E1–E11 The October 2017 issue of the Journal of Communication features a Section on Communication and Collective Action edited by Rafael Obregon and Thomas Tufte with articles on Spain’s Indignados, environmental activism in China, documentaries for social change, LGBT activism in the US, and public hearing in India. See more

5 Exile: A research-led installation at Kingston Lacy. National Trust images / Steven Haywood

Featured Research Project

‘Pride and Prejudice’ How can we offer diverse audiences Kingston Lacy that supports visitors to make (new and existing) authentic, engaging connections between the history of the National Trust (£82,801) and meaningful experiences and house and contemporary LGBTQ lives. The purposefully engage the public in debates collaboration has stimulated considerable Sandell, Richard (Museum Studies) surrounding LGBTQ history, culture and debate in the national media and amongst equality by researching, acknowledging many tens of thousands of visitors who and presenting the LGBTQ histories and have experienced Prejudice and Pride at Prejudice and Pride is a collaborative associations in the places, stories and a Trust property or at one of the many research project between the Research collections of the National Trust? Pride events held across the UK in 2017. In Centre for Museums and Galleries and the depth research into audience engagement As well as supporting properties across National Trust that explores and reveals and response is currently being carried England and Wales to research and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender out to explore the impact of the project present their LGBTQ stories, the RCMG on visitors’ thinking and attitudes around and queer) connections across the Trust’s team has worked especially closely with a contemporary LGBTQ equality. Richard properties and experiments with new ways smaller number of sites to experiment with Sandell, who is leading the project, is of engaging audiences around these largely new ways engaging audiences around currently working with performer David untold and hidden histories. Working histories of same sex love and desire and McAlmont to create a unique research-led closely with a cohort of properties and gender diversity. These include Felbrigg performance, which will premiere in May key staff, the project team is seeking to Hall in north Norfolk where researchers 2018 at an international conference run in generate new insights for the burgeoning created a short film, narrated by Stephen collaboration with the National Trust. international field of queer public heritage Fry, that tells visitors the story of the last through the following research question: squire and an immersive installation at

6 News Round-up

Appointments University (15 November) and a Professorial Inaugural Lecture here at the University Department of Criminology of Leicester alongside Professor Teela Sanders (18 October). He was also invited Dr Lisa Smith has been elected to the role to give oral evidence to the Committee of Editor-in-Chief for ‘Science and Justice’. on Standards in Public Life review into the Science and Justice is the official journal of intimidation of Parliamentary candidates the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, (12 September) and to Turkey’s Minister for and Lisa will hold the Society Council EU Affairs (13 September). position of Honorary Editor for a 3-year term. School of History, Politics & Events International Relations Andrew Futter, took part in a New York School of Arts Roundtable discussion hosted by the Literary Leicester 2017 saw full houses for National Committee on American Foreign Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs): A Policy. The panel was called ‘Mutually Tribute to Joe Orton (Emma Parker) and Assured Disruption: Framing Cybersecurity Green Unpleasant Land: Rural Racism in Nuclear Terms’. (inspired by the work of Neil Chakraborti).

At Gaddesby Primary School, Liam McCarthy communicated our own historical research findings to schoolchildren about African American GI children who attended the school during WWII. (See image).

Meanwhile, in a public lecture, David Olusoga brilliantly demonstrated that British history and black British history are one and the same. As highlighted in the session, our own archaeological, historical and literary research is contributing to an evidence-based reassessment of British history, a history which – as Olusoga argues – is fundamentally global. A playlist of Literary Leicester podcasts will be available shortly.

Department of Criminology Dr Sam King delivered a keynote talk on the latest evidence on what makes high quality offender management and what can be implemented to reduce reoffending, at a forthcoming conference on Transforming Rehabilitation. Sam has published widely on probation work and desistance theory, and has helped CRCs to implement innovative offender management tools to measure offender motivation. Details of the event can be found here.

Professor Neil Chakraborti has delivered a number of keynote presentations on hate crime victimisation, perpetration Liam McCarthy gave a talk to and policy in recent months. This includes pupils at Gaddesby Primary School specially convened events at the University of Oxford (9 November), De Montfort

7 Dr Lisa Smith, Lynda Yorke (Manager, Leicester Rape Crisis), Wangu Kanja, Dr Clare Gunby, Meirion Reynolds (Honorary President, Leicester Rape Crisis).

Awards and Emma Palmer (Neuroscience, Corinne Fowler, ‘Was Emily Bronte’s Psychology & Behaviour). The aim of Heathcliff Black? The Conversation. the network is to work towards the School of Media, See more Communication and development of a Network application. Sociology TV Programmes School of Media, Somerville, Ian. Co-winner of the 2017 PRIDE National Communication Association Communication and School of Archaeology and (NCA) Book Award for ‘International Sociology Ancient History Public Relations: Perspectives From Deeply Christian Morgner is an invited fellow ‘In the Footsteps of Caesar’ Divided Societies’. Edited by Ian Somerville, at the University of Leuven and recently Owen Hargie, Maureen Taylor, & Margalit The SAAH Leverhulme Trust project led delivered two research seminars there: Toledano (Routledge). by Colin Haselgrove has found the first See more Roman fort from Julius Caesar’s invasions Collaborations of Britain. Located on the Kent coast the Interviews and public site is interpreted as the base of the fleet in Department of Criminology discussion 54 BC. Broadcast on 29 November, BBC 4 ‘Digging for Britain’. Talks are in progress to establish a new research partnership with survivors of rape School of Media, Watch on iPlayer (until 30th Dec 2017): and gender based violence. Wangu Kanja, Communication and a Kenyan activist who survived a harrowing Sociology rape and carjacking, and went on to establish the Wangu Kanja Foundation Demir, Ipek (2017) ‘We don’t want more http://www.wangukanjafoundation.org/ diversity managers, we want justice’. meets with researchers at our University Interviewed by Mondiaal Nieuws and practitioners at Leicester Rape Crisis. See more (See image above). Demir, Ipek. (2017) ‘Viewpiece’ New Tiger Team in Discover Society: Neither about Britishness, nor about Citizenship – The Kate Gooch (Law) will lead a new Tiger Life in the UK Test. Team on Prison Research along with Tammy Ayres and Matt Tonkin (both Criminology) See more

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