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Victorian Studies Centre marks 50th anniversary with convivial evening celebrating the works of Charles Dickens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/victorian-studies-centre-marks-50th-anniversary-with-convivial-evening-celebrating-the-works-of-charles-dickens
The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a convivial Dickensian evening on 22 November,...
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Rhyme and ride with Arriva as Leicester gets literary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/rhyme-and-ride-with-arriva-as-leicester-gets-literary
Today, Leicester-based poet and performer Lydia Towsey will be hopping on and off local bus services to entertain passengers and raise awareness...
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Crosscultural dialogue around themes of home belonging and refuge at Journeys in Translation event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/cross-cultural-dialogue-around-themes-of-home-belonging-and-refuge-at-2018journeys-in-translation2019-event
On Thursday 23 November, an event hosted by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) will explore the unifying aspects of...
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Literary Leicester to host one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British Fiction Gwendoline Riley
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/literary-leicester-to-host-2018one-of-the-most-distinctive-voices-in-contemporary-british-fiction2019-gwendoline-riley
The University of Leicester will welcome award-winning novelist Gwendoline Riley to campus on Friday 17 November for the tenth annual Literary...
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Chinese artist and activist to host lecture and discussion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/chinese-artist-and-activist-to-host-lecture-and-discussion
On Thursday 16 November our School of Museum Studies will welcome the eminent artist, Ou Ning, to discuss his project exploring the imbalances...
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Prolific Shakespearean actor Michael Pennington to take part in Literary Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/prolific-shakespearean-actor-and-recent-king-lear-michael-pennington-to-take-part-in-literary-leicester
Eminent stage actor, writer and director Michael Pennington will be delivering a talk and Q&A at our Literary Leicester festival on 16 November.
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Author of Madame Doubtfire and Carnegie Medal winner Anne Fine to share what inspires her writing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/author-of-2018madame-doubtfire2019-and-carnegie-medal-winner-anne-fine-to-share-what-inspires-her-writing
Multi-award-winning author Anne Fine OBE will be visiting our University to speak on her long-standing career as a writer for all audiences during...
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Three awards for Leicester celebrating teaching success
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/three-awards-for-leicester-celebrating-teaching-success
The University’s Natural Sciences teaching team (pictured right) has been selected among only six award winners at a national event celebrating...
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Leicesters literary festival gives a glimpse into our possible futures
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester2019s-free-literary-festival-gives-a-glimpse-into-our-possible-futures
This year’s Literary Leicester plans to take audiences where no-one has gone before – but might do, one day.
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Expert opinions cover the Reformation Emily Bronts Heathcliff and Trumps media tactics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/expert-opinions-cover-the-reformation-emily-brontio2019s-heathcliff-and-trumps-media-tactics
Dr Angus Cameron from our School of Business has written an article for The Conversation discussing Jakob Fugger, the man who underwrote the...