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• Conference highlighting cultural significance of the night sky held at National Space Centre

  Date: 8 May 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/stonehenge

  University of Leicester is hosting a conference today (Wednesday, 8 May) at the National Space Centre focusing on the cultural and ecological...

• Ancient astrologers come under scrutiny at prestigious public lecture in Leicester

  Date: 15 Apr 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/ba-lecture

  A world-leading authority on Babylonian astronomy will deliver a prestigious public lecture at the University of Leicester in May.

• Adam Kay, Russell Kane and Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock headline 2024 Literary Leicester festival

  Date: 20 Feb 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/literary-leicester

  Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester’s annual free literature festival, will return next month.

• Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/medieval-women

  Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon

• Super rare and venomous centipede found in University of Leicester academic’s home

  Date: 22 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/centipede

  Explore the intriguing discovery of Scutigera coleoptrata, the fastest-moving centipede in the world, in Nottinghamshire, UK.

• Leicester academic sheds new insight on William Wordsworth in new book

  Date: 12 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/wordsworth

  Read more about Professor Philip Shaw's newest book exploring William Wordsworth's relationship with war.

• Dreamt of directing Shakespeare? Well, here’s your chance

  Date: 31 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/shakespeare

  A free community workshop at the University of Leicester will give people the chance to have a go at directing Shakespeare.

• Punk project supported by University of Leicester expert nominated for major National Lottery Award

  Date: 19 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/punk

  A University of Leicester-supported, acclaimed exhibition celebrating the UK’s punk scene has been nominated for a National Lottery Award 2023.

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by University of Leicester academic

  Date: 1 Sep 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/fire-of-london

  Professor Kate Loveman of the University of Leicester for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• Never mind the mohawks: here’s how punk made what we watch and read

  Date: 7 Aug 2023

  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.