News search
Filters applied:
-
€2 million awarded for Leicester expert’s research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/dailey-grant
A prestigious €2 million research grant has been awarded to Dr Erin Thomas Dailey, a lecturer in the School of History, Politics & International...
-
Links between historic places, colonialism and slavery revealed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/links-between-historic-places-colonialism-and-slavery-revealed
Connections between 93 historic places and colonialism and historic slavery have been revealed by the National Trust today, for the first time.
-
New archive shares insight to Attenborough refugees’ life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/attenborough-helga-bejach-orphan-college-house
An archive of previously unpublished photographs, documents and letters from the family of Helga Bejach has been loaned to the University of...
-
Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside
Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity.
-
Cricket Country shortlisted for prestigious non-fiction prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/cricket-country-shortlisted
A book by a Leicester academic exploring the untold history of the first All India cricket team has been shortlisted as one of six entries for the...
-
Events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/23-holocaust-memorial-day
The University of Leicester hosts a series of free public events this weekend to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday 27 January.
-
Dr Prashant Kidambi's cricket book makes 'Best of Year' list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/06-cricket-book
Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate Professor in Colonial Urban History, has made it into the Financial Times Sports Books of the Year list with his...
-
Professor Richard Thomas and Dr Naoise Mac Sweeney go 'Digging for Britain' on BBC4
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/27-digging-for-britain
Professor Richard Thomas from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History features on tonight's episode of Digging for Britain as series 2...
-
Documentary and discussion panel on women film directors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/18-half-the-picture
A film screening and panel discussion at Phoenix on 26 November will explore the continuing under-representation of women among film directors.
-
Fantastic Beasts and Where I Found Them
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-fantastic-beasts-and-where-i-found-them
Join us for the first in a revamped series of Professorial Inaugural Lectures as Professor Richard Thomas discusses his research into human-animal...