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• Punk project supported by University of Leicester expert nominated for major National Lottery Award

  Date: 19/09/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/punk

  A University of Leicester-supported, acclaimed exhibition celebrating the UK’s punk scene has been nominated for a National Lottery Award 2023.

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  Date: 01/09/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• Never mind the mohawks: here’s how punk made what we watch and read

  Date: 07/08/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/punk-film-literature

  University of Leicester’s Dr Emma Parker hosts talks as part of the Punk Festival Weekender from 18-20 August.

• Rage and Revolution Revisited as a Major Punk Exhibition Hits Leicester This Summer

  Date: 25/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/punk-rage-revolution

  The team behind the successful 2019 Mods: Shaping a Generation exhibition, Soft Touch Arts, Arch Creative and Shaun Knapp, are proud to present...

• Teaching resources cast new light on The Great Fire of London

  Date: 18/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/fire-of-london

  The University of Leicester and the Museum of London have today launched new learning resources for primary schools about the Great Fire of London...

• Leicester scholar’s Bible ushers in new royal chapter (and verse)

  Date: 05/05/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-bible-king-james

  The Quatercentenary Edition of the King James Bible, prepared by University of Leicester academic Professor Gordon Campbell in 2011, will be used...

• Ukrainian students find sanctuary at University of Leicester

  Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/ukraine-students

  Four Ukrainian students have travelled one-and-a-half thousand miles to find sanctuary – and continue their studies – at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester research into Joe Orton’s relationship with Kenneth Halliwell to feature in LGBTQ+ mental health exhibition

  Date: 07/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/poetic-licence

  A play about the Leicester-born playwright, Joe Orton, informed by research from the University of Leicester, will feature in The Netherlands’...

• Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival

  Date: 01/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester

  The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today.

• University of Leicester launches exhibition celebrating 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

  Date: 15/02/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/shakespeare

  The University of Leicester is celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio with an exhibition at the David Wilson Library.