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• University historian drives successful campaign for Leicestershire flag

  Date: 20/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/leicestershire-flag

  The county of Leicestershire has ended its 1,000-year wait for an official flag, thanks to the work of a historian based at the University of...

• National award for Queer Heritage and Collections Network

  Date: 02/07/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/queer-heritage

  A partnership supporting museums and heritage bodies to reveal and publicly present LGBTQ+ histories – of which the University of Leicester is a...

• Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad

  Date: 07/06/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad

  University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this...

• €2 million awarded for Leicester expert’s research

  Date: 09/12/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/dailey-grant

  A prestigious €2 million research grant has been awarded to Dr Erin Thomas Dailey, a lecturer in the School of History, Politics & International...

• 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.

• New archive shares insight to Attenborough refugees’ life

  Date: 12/09/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/attenborough-helga-bejach-orphan-college-house

  An archive of previously unpublished photographs, documents and letters from the family of Helga Bejach has been loaned to the University of...

• 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.

• Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize

  Date: 03/05/2020 23:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted

  A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the...

• Events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

  Date: 23/01/2020 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/23-holocaust-memorial-day

  The University of Leicester hosts a series of free public events this weekend to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday 27 January.

• Dr Prashant Kidambi's cricket book makes 'Best of Year' list

  Date: 06/12/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-cricket-book

  Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History, has made it into the Financial Times Sports Books of the Year list with his...