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• Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day

  Date: 23 Jan 2024

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime

  Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History

• Challenge of climate justice highlighted by new book on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

  Date: 5 Dec 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/climate-justice

  The demand for a just and ethical transition to a decarbonised world faces major barriers in countries like Venezuela according to a new book by a...

• New book imagines society based on animal rights

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/animal-rights-book

  What are Animal Rights For? has been published by University of Leicester politics expert Dr Steve Cooke, explaining the nature, function,...

• University of Leicester champions role of humanities in space sector

  Date: 12 Oct 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/humanising-space

  A pioneering series of seminars showcasing humanities, social science and arts research within the space sector will be hosted by the University...

• 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.

• University of Leicester historian bestowed British Academy honour

  Date: 21 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/clare-anderson

  A University of Leicester expert on imperial and global history has been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

• Six Leverhulme Early Career Fellows to join University of Leicester to conduct groundbreaking research

  Date: 4 Jul 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/leverhulme

  Six academics will join the University of Leicester in the 2023/24 academic year after being awarded Early Career Fellowships from the Leverhulme...

• University of Leicester celebrates 75th anniversary of Empire Windrush arrival

  Date: 22 Jun 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/windrush

  The University of Leicester is working with the city’s Caribbean community to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush.

• Podcast brings East Midlanders’ memories of last century’s coronations to life

  Date: 5 May 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/oral-history

  East Midlanders talking about their experiences of last century’s royal coronations feature in a new podcast from the University of Leicester.

• Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history

  Date: 28 Apr 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes

  The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick...