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• Expert opinions cover Boris Johnson Russia the ghoulish practice of gibbeting and offensive TV

  Date: 1 Nov 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/expert-opinions-boris-johnson-and-the-ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting

  Dr Tara McCormack from the Department of History, Politics and International Relations has written an article for Spiked Online about Boris...

• Richard III geneticist to give Queens Lecture in Berlin

  Date: 31 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/richard-iii-geneticist-to-give-queens-lecture-in-berlin

  Dr Turi King from our Department of Genetics and School of Archaeology and Ancient History will give this year's Queen's Lecture in Berlin,...

• Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century

  Date: 28 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century

  Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by.

• Leicester academic recognised with esteemed prize for promising future

  Date: 24 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-academic-recognised-with-esteemed-prize-for-promising-future

  An outstanding academic at our University has received a prestigious £100,000 Prize for Archaeology – the second award in two years from the...

• Richard III reburial sees Leicester Cathedral visitor numbers soar

  Date: 21 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/richard-iii-reburial-sees-leicester-cathedral-visitor-numbers-soar

  The 'ongoing fascination' with King Richard III has seen a rise in people visiting Leicester Cathedral according to new data compiled by Visit...

• Prestigious archaeology prize for Leicester graduate

  Date: 13 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/prestigious-archaeology-prize-for-leicester-graduate

  The Association for Environmental Archaeology has announced that Leicester alumna Nora Battermann has won their John Evans Undergraduate...

• One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation

  Date: 29 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation

  One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...

• Visiting Professor awarded the prestigious Presidents Medal from the British Academy

  Date: 27 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/visiting-professor-awarded-the-prestigious-presidents-medal-from-the-british-academy

  A Visiting Professor at our University has been honoured with one of the highest awards for humanities and social sciences.

• Leicester geneticist awarded prestigious Fellowship

  Date: 9 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-geneticist-awarded-prestigious-fellowship

  Dr Turi King (pictured), Reader in Genetics and Archaeology at the University has been awarded a prestigious British Science Association (BSA)...

• Expert opinions cover border controls Helen of Troy and Jupiters auroras

  Date: 6 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/expert-opinions-cover-border-controls-helen-of-troy-and-jupiters-auroras

  Professor Bernard Ryan from the School of Law has written an article for The Conversation discussing the admission of migrants from the Calais...