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• Turi King returns to our screens with DNA Family Secrets

  Date: 18/09/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/dna-family-secrets

  Professor of Genetics Turi King returns to our screens on September 27th on BBC Two at 9pm for another heart wrenching series of DNA Family Secrets

• 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.

• Oral archive delves into post and pre-NHS East Midlands worlds

  Date: 29/06/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-oral

  To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS, the University of Leicester has unearthed a treasure trove of spoken accounts of healthcare through the...

• Podcast brings East Midlanders’ memories of last century’s coronations to life

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

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/oral-history

  East Midlanders talking about their experiences of last century’s royal coronations feature in a new podcast from the University of Leicester.

• 1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig

  Date: 06/03/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/cathedral-roman-worship

  University of Leicester Archaeological Services uncover evidence of a cellar and altar stone from the Roman period thought to be a private shrine...

• University holds series of public events to mark Leicester’s migration history

  Date: 22/08/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/leicester-migration-events

  The University of Leicester is working in conjunction with partners to hold five public events on the recent history of migration to the city.

• Links between historic places, colonialism and slavery revealed

  Date: 22/09/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/links-between-historic-places-colonialism-and-slavery-revealed

  Connections between 93 historic places and colonialism and historic slavery have been revealed by the National Trust today, for the first time.

• Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes

  Date: 10/06/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside

  Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.

• Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them

  Date: 15/11/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them

  Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...

• Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists

  Date: 22/05/2019 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield

  A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found...