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Find out about reading list support from the Library's Content Delivery Team this September.
Harriet Hayward
09 September 2024
Essex’s Open Access Fund has enjoyed an exciting first full year since launching in July 2023.
Sean Andersson
27 August 2024
Professor Carla Ferstman (School of Law) talks about her new book ''Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention: Power, Punishment and Control''.
Carla Ferstman, Sean Andersson
07 June 2024
ESCALA, the Essex Collection of Art from Latin America at the University of Essex, was founded by staff and students in 1993 and inaugurated in December of that year with an exhibition at the University Gallery, now Art Exchange, and this year we celebrate 30 years since that foundation.
Gisselle Giron, Dr Sarah Demelo
22 November 2023
Calling all University of Essex students! Looking to get your work published? Want to boost your writing or reviewing skills? Find out more in this blog post.
Kimia Aghasoleimani, Thomas O'Toole-Mills
26 October 2023
The University of Essex has launched an institutional fund dedicated to helping Essex researchers make their work available open access.
23 October 2023
A visionary artist and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in British Art. This blog post discusses the recent exhibition in the Albert Sloman Library which focuses on the critical stance he took against the Age of the Enlightenment with its emphasis on science and reason.
Adhithi Ravikumar
11 October 2023
Read about our latest efforts in our ongoing project to decolonise the library.
Library and Cultural Services
26 September 2023
2023 marks the 100th anniversary since the publication of the first novel by Margery Allingham, and this presents an opportunity to celebrate the life, career, and legacy of a writer with a strong Essex connection.
Jordan Welsh
19 September 2023
Tilly Hawkins curates 'Dispatches from the Culture War', examining the NVALA archive of Mary Whitehouse through a queer lens on the Floor 1 landing of the Albert Sloman Library.
Tilly Hawkins
20 June 2023