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Colonial Countryside project featured on A Place in the Country
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-country-houses
ITV programme explores research into connections between English country houses, Africa, the Caribbean and East India Company.
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Leicester to host national conference on Black British history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-black-british-history-workshop
The University of Leicester and the Centre for New Writing is set to host the prestigious Institute of Commonwealth Studies’ 10th Black British...
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Leicester academic to chair expert panel at the British Library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-dr-emma-parker-joe-orton-british-library
Dr Emma Parker, Associate Professor of Postwar and Contemporary Literature in the University of Leicester’s Department of English, will chair a...
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New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits
Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.
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Leicester academic speaks at UCLA symposium on race and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/13-symposium-ucla-race-human-rights
The University of Leicester was represented by Dr Vidya Kumar, Associate Professor of Law at Leicester Law School, at a symposium titled ‘Critical...
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Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey
©National Trust / Rod Kirkpatrick Researchers from the University’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, working with the National Trust to...
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University of Leicester expert to explore Parliament’s Brexit options in public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/04-ask-the-expert-brexit-professor-cygan
Law professor joins ‘Ask the Expert’ lecture series to discuss Brexit Professor Adam Cygan, lecturer in European law at the University of...
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University student benefits from new student finance package
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-student-benefits-from-new-finance-package
First-year English student becomes one of the first to benefit from generous financial support.
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University of Leicester announces winners of Images of Research competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/20-winners-images-research-competition
Four prizes were awarded at this year’s exhibition and competition A moment of reflection and calm belying a dark truth, a juxtaposition of hope...
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Digging for Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/17-digging-for-britain
A University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) excavation, will feature on BBC4’s Digging for Britain on Wednesday 19 December at 9.00pm.