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August 12th 2022

 H ere is  the  latest update  of  new and interesting  sites   of   the   week   COVID-19 policy responses in  the  Arab region: Limited fiscal space and lack  of  effective  social  protection systems  (ESCWA) The  gender pay gap in  the  health and care sector: A global analysis in  the  time  of  COVID-19  (ILO / WHO) Further updates on new  social   science  research and Uk government research covering covid are on  the  blog.    Home - Ukraine: Arts and Cultural Heritage - Research Guides at University  of  Colorado Boulder    Librarians at  the  University  of  Colorado Boulder have prepared a libguide which provides links to key websites celebrating Ukrainian history, literature and culture.  The y include resources made since  the  war which are seeking to web archiv...

August 19th 2022

   Here is   the   latest up date   of   new and interesting   social   science   sites   of   the   week            Russian Books  of   the  18 th  Century, Open access collection  from  the  University  of  Illinois Slavic reference collection   it forms part  of  an ambitious ongoing project to make all  of   the  books listed in  Svodnyi katalog russkoi knigi grazhdanskoi pechati XVIII veka  digitally available. Digitized books have been curated from  the  Russian National Electronic Library ( RusNEB ). Currently more than 400 available.   World reimagined.   A great national art education project  to transform how society understands  the  Transatlantic Slave Trade.   See trails  of  large globe sculptures in cities across  the  UK from August to...

sites of the week 29th July

  Here is the latest update of new and interesting social science sites of the week         The Endell Street Military Hospital Digital Collection 1915 to 1919.   New from LSE Digital Library.   This collection contains the part of the archives of Louisa Garrett Anderson (7LGA) and of Nina Last (7NLA) relating to Endell Street Military Hospital. During the First World War,  Louisa Garrett Anderson and Flora Murray founded the Women’s Hospital Corps under the auspices of the French Red Cross. The Endell Street Military Hospital, the first hospital in the UK established expressly for men by women, ran from May 1915 until December 1919 and treated over 26,000 patients, these archives include letters from Louisa Garrett Anderson about the operation and running of the hospital; a notebook by orderly Nina Last covering her work at Endell Street Military Hospital; scrapbook relating to Endell Street Military Hospital compiled by Flora Murray ...