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Cropped drawing about taxation, featuring a man stood on top of a large bag of coins, on top of a person’s back.
Caricatures Collection, LF104/9/3. Image credit: Special Collections and Archives, University of Sheffield Library.

Cartoon Chaos, Silly Satires & Political Punchlines: Inside the Library’s Caricatures Collection

In celebration of National Cartoonist Day (5th May), Scarlett Cherry, MA History student, reflects on her experience of working with the Caricatures Collection in the Library’s Special Collections during a work placement in 2026.
Colourful waltzer fairground ride
Image: Fred Cox's Waltzer, Nottingham Goose Fair, 1977. Photographic slide by Chris Russell. 178C96.1938. Held by The National Fairground and Circus Archive, University of Sheffield Library

Hearing History Differently: A Beginner’s Guide to Transcription

Petar Pesic, MA History, shares his experience on a student work placement with The National Fairground and Circus Archive...
Korean Women's Literature Exhibition
Korean Women's Literature Exhibition

Her Pages, her Power: Celebrating Contemporary Women’s Writing from South Korea

The initial idea for this new exhibition project came about as early as 2024, the year that Han Kang won the long-awaited Nobel Prize for literature for South Korea.
Red background with black and white figure of a variety of women circus performers, for example on an aerial rope and horse. Text reads: Women in Circus Symposium, Call for papers, Monday 23 March, University of Sheffield

Present at the Women in Circus Symposium

Call for papers now open! Submit your proposal for the one-day research event at the University of Sheffield.
Leters and photographs from the Robert Innes Smith archive

History and Archives in Practice 2026 – Registration now live!

You can now register to attend History and Archives in Practice 2026, hosted at Firth Court on 16 April 2026.
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Arthur Scargill stood with a display of items from the archive at Western Bank Library

The Arthur Scargill Archive

Following a two year cataloguing project the Library is pleased to announced that the Arthur Scargill Archive is now open to all researchers.
A student reading a book in Western Bank Library

University journals provision from January 2026
Western Bank Library in the snow

Christmas vacation library support

Find out everything you need to know about the library support available over the Christmas break.

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Call for participation: History and Archives in Practice 2026

The National Archives, Institute of Historical Research and Royal Historical Society are pleased to announce the launch of next year’s History and Archives in Practice (HAP) call for participation.
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New 'Critical GenAI Literacy' tutorial from the library

The Library is very pleased to announce the launch of the new Generative AI (GenAI) tutorial - "Critical GenAI Literacy" to help scale up the provision of Critical Gen AI literacy training for students across the University.
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Sanger 200: The National Fairground and Circus Archive’s first online exhibition

The National Fairground and Circus Archive is delighted to announce the launch of its first ever online exhibition, Sanger 200.