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• University of Leicester marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  Date: 27/01/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/hmd

  The University of Leicester will mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday, 27 January with a number of events organised by the Stanley Burton Centre...

• National Trust and University of Leicester launch pioneering film to explore fascinating stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections for the first time

  Date: 16/01/2023 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/everywhere-nowhere

  Everywhere and Nowhere is a collaboration between the National Trust and the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and...

• Hidden inscriptions hint at mystery medieval woman’s identity

  Date: 29/11/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/insular-manuscript-medieval-inscriptions

  Drawings and the name ‘Eadburg’ found scratched into early medieval manuscript by University of Leicester PhD student.

• University’s Centre for Regional and Local History launches new research spaces

  Date: 04/10/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/local-history

  University of Leicester’s Centre for English Local History will relaunch as the Centre for Regional and Local History from Wednesday (5 October).

• UN space threats group to hear from University of Leicester expert

  Date: 15/09/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/un-space

  The United Nations is to hear from a University of Leicester expert on space politics on how to regulate military activity in space.

• 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.

• Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich

  Date: 28/07/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/clare-anderson

  The University of Leicester’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums...

• Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change

  Date: 27/01/2022 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/holocaust-memorial-day

  Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future.

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12/10/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/howard-journal

  Leading historians from the University of Leicester have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• Paralympic Gold for Leicester sports scholar

  Date: 29/08/2021 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/nick-cummins-paralympics-gold

  University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has won Gold as part of Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad at the...