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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An archive of previously unpublished photographs, documents and letters from the family of Helga Bejach has been loaned to the University of...
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Animal mummies unwrapped: hi-res 3D X-rays reveal secrets of life and death in ancient Egypt
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/animal-mummies
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers from the University of Leicester and...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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University recognises leading lights in education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/13-leics-live-awards
Last night saw leading lights in the education sector rewarded for their important contributions at the LeicestershireLive Education Awards,...
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Trident and Triremes: funding for research into nuclear weapons and Ancient Greece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/10-erc-grants
Two University of Leicester academics have received more than three and a half million euros from the European Research Council for major projects...
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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...
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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...
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Plutarch’s domestic life explored in public lecture by expert in ancient history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/20-plutarch-talk
Ancient Greek writer Plutarch is the subject of a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on 26 November.