News search

Filters applied:

• Archaeology
• Museum Studies
• Politics and International Relations

Showing 61-70 of 541 results

• Difficult Conversations: Public panel to tackle topic of nuclear conflict

  Date: 12 Apr 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/difficult-conversations-nuclear-weapons

  A leading international relations expert has warned of the danger of ‘alarmism’ around nuclear weapons ahead of a public panel discussion.

• Engineering and Archaeology researchers to join forces against climate crisis at international conference

  Date: 9 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/engineering-the-past

  An interdisciplinary team of researchers will look to identify ways of tackling the climate crisis at an international conference hosted at the...

• Spacepower on Earth’s ‘cosmic coastline’ key to future large-scale conflicts, expert warns

  Date: 6 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/cas-spacepower

  Global developments in military spacepower are likely to play a major role in future conflicts, an expert has warned.

• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  Date: 4 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Projects led by Leicester archaeologists are to be showcased on the new series of BBC TWO’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain in the New Year.

• Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer's field in Rutland

  Date: 25 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/rutland-mosaic

  Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK.

• Leicester researchers analyse consequences of China space weapon test

  Date: 2 Nov 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/china-fobs

  University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and ‘cool heads’ following flight...

• Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival

  Date: 11 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human

  University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have...

• Leicester contribution to major Parliamentary report

  Date: 1 Oct 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/space-defence

  A leading expert in space warfare based at the University of Leicester has contributed to a new Parliamentary report on defence of the UK’s assets...

• New book explores life in Roman and Medieval Leicester

  Date: 22 Sep 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/highcross-dig-book

  The most comprehensive book ever written on the archaeology of Leicester has been published by University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS).

• Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain

  Date: 8 Aug 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle

  Archaeologists in Leicester have discovered an elaborately-decorated Roman bronze key handle portraying the execution of captives in the arena by...