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• Leicester academic to chair expert panel at the British Library

  Date: 16 Apr 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-dr-emma-parker-joe-orton-british-library

  Dr Emma Parker, Associate Professor of Postwar and Contemporary Literature in the University of Leicester’s Department of English, will chair a...

• New research reveals the man behind Samuel Pepys’s love for portraits

  Date: 27 Mar 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-samuel-pepys-portraits

  Samuel Pepys, the Restoration diarist who meticulously documented his life in 1660s London, also documented himself in other ways – through portraits.

• University student benefits from new student finance package

  Date: 14 Jan 2019

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-student-benefits-from-new-finance-package

  First-year English student becomes one of the first to benefit from generous financial support.

• Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards

  Date: 1 Oct 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/2-womens-awards

  Leicester academics win East Midlands Women’s Awards, Professor Emma Bunce and Dr Emma Parker claimed wins at last week’s ceremony

• Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

  Date: 27 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

  Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK

• Evelyn Waugh project will be ‘one of the great monuments of twenty-first century literary scholarship’

  Date: 16 Sep 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/17-evelyn-waugh-praise

  Praise from Times Literary Supplement for University of Leicester project to publish novelist Evelyn Waugh's entire output.

• Leicester to train the next generation of arts and humanities researchers

  Date: 17 Aug 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-to-train-the-next-generation-of-arts-and-humanities-researchers

  Leicester is among eight leading universities in the Midlands that are joining together to train the next generation of highly-skilled arts and...

• Event places spotlight on Leicester and Leicestershires literary scene

  Date: 5 Jul 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/event-places-spotlight-on-leicester-and-leicestershire2019s-literary-scene

  Members of the public and people who have an interest in the literary activity that takes place in Leicester and Leicestershire and those who...

• Joe Orton tribute wins national arts award

  Date: 21 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/joe-orton-tribute-wins-national-arts-award

  It was a night of recognition for the arts in Leicester at the 2018 Saboteur Awards.

• Desert Island Discs more than just a resource for good music

  Date: 15 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/desert-island-discs-more-than-just-a-resource-for-good-music

  On Wednesday 16 May Drs Nick Smith and Cathleen Waters from the University’s School of Arts will be discussing the results of their research paper...