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• Leicester academics to contribute to historical documentary exploring The Impossible Peace

  Date: 20 Feb 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academics-to-contribute-to-historical-documentary-exploring-2018the-impossible-peace2019

  An upcoming historical documentary will feature interviews with four academics from our University.

• Richard III geneticist among those nominated for national archaeology award

  Date: 8 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/richard-iii-geneticist-among-those-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award

  Our geneticist who led the international research team involved in the DNA identification work of Richard III has been nominated for a new award.

• Excavation of Roman Cemetery nominated for national archaeology award

  Date: 1 Dec 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/excavation-of-roman-cemetery-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award

  For the second year running a project led by Leicester archaeologists has been nominated in the Current Archaeology Awards, this year in the...

• Event to discuss the 2016 Presidential Election and political divisions in the United States

  Date: 19 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/event-to-discuss-the-2016-presidential-election-and-political-divisions-in-the-united-states

  A visiting professor from the United States will be discussing the 2016 US Presidential Election and the politically polarised state of the...

• Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man

  Date: 10 Oct 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man

  Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what...

• One hundred Leicester academics writing articles for The Conversation

  Date: 29 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/one-hundred-leicester-academics-now-writing-articles-for-the-conversation

  One hundred academics from across our University have written more than 180 articles for The Conversation, applying their research expertise to...

• Chinese link with local renal unit builds on University initiatives

  Date: 14 Sep 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/chinese-link-with-local-renal-unit-builds-on-university-initiatives

  Links with a nephrology unit in Nantong China developed by University researchers have now led to Leicester’s Hospitals’ John Walls Renal Unit...

• Expert opinions cover conspiracy theories James Bond Brexit and muscle disease

  Date: 14 Jun 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/expert-opinions-cover-conspiracy-theories-james-bond-brexit-and-muscle-disease

  Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for The Conversation discussing private meetings and conspiracy theories.

• Exhibition on insanity epidemic

  Date: 1 Jun 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/exhibition-on-insanity-epidemic

  A Leicester historian has curated a major exhibition to be held in Venice and Ferrara focusing on the impact of an epidemic that was regarded as...

• Europeans have shaped what we think of as being quintessentially English

  Date: 24 May 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/europeans-have-shaped-what-we-think-of-as-quintessentially-english

  Immigrants from Europe have, for centuries, played a vital role in shaping British culture as well as our perception of what we think as...