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• 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...

• Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil

  Date: 11 Aug 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil

  A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil...

• Work of prominent human rights defender to be explored

  Date: 27 Apr 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/work-of-prominent-human-rights-defender-to-be-explored

  A documentary about the work of the inspirational Dr Denis Mukwege, who provided medical care to tens of thousands of women raped during the 20...

• Over 200 academics sign up as University experts

  Date: 17 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/over-200-academics-sign-up-as-university-experts

  More than 200 Leicester academics have signed up as experts to the University's Experts Guide, helping to highlight research taking place at our...

• The Bulletin - Leicester research suggests crime-fearing women prefer dominant partners

  Date: 15 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-research-suggests-crime-fearing-women-prefer-dominant-partners

  In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear about the research that shows that women who feel more...

• Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchers

  Date: 9 Mar 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/millions-of-people-are-reading-opinion-pieces-written-by-leicester-researchers

  Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.

• Leicester academic to appear on BBC Radio 4 to discuss celebrated American author J D Salinger

  Date: 15 Feb 2016

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/university-of-leicester-academic-to-appear-on-bbc-radio-4-to-discuss-celebrated-american-author-j-d-salinger

  A University of Leicester lecturer in American Literature will be exploring the English influences on J. D.

• The human legacy of American troops in Leicester

  Date: 2 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester

  The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who...

• Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young

  Date: 9 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young

  A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early...

• The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at event

  Date: 8 Oct 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1

  Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed...