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Leicester expert’s tale of ancient library makes The Telegraph’s greatest books of 2025 list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/leicester-expert-tale-ancient-library-telegraph-greatest-books-2025-list
A University of Leicester expert’s book explaining how ancient Mesopotamian knowledge shaped the roots of modern civilisation has been named as...
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/rutland-mosaic-long-lost-troy-story
Ancient Historian at University of Leicester reveals that the Rutland mosaic depicts an alternative telling of the Trojan War to Homer’s Iliad,...
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Arctic eco-thriller White Road by Dr Harry Whitehead released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/white-road-new-novel-harry-whitehead
White Road, the new novel by the University of Leicester's Dr Harry Whitehead has been published today.
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Professor Gordon Campbell elected as fellow of Royal Society of Canada
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gordon-campbell-royal-society-of-canada-fellowship
Gordon Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester, has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
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Clearing was a fresh page in English student Eloise’s plans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/clearing-fresh-page-english-student-eloise-plans
When her A Level results didn’t turn out how she’d hoped, Eloise Adams decided it was time to start a fresh page in her future plans.
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Leicester medieval historian elected as Fellow of the British Academy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/joanna-story-british-academy-fellow-leicester
The University of Leicester's Professor Joanna Story has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy as a UK Fellow.
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How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books
The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons.
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.
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University of Leicester writer, Dr Jonathan Taylor wins Arnold Bennett Book Prize for Scablands and Other Stories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/jonathan-taylor-scablands-arnold-bennett
A collection of short stories written by the University of Leicester’s Dr Jonathan Taylor has won the Arnold Bennet Book Prize.
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First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age
A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.