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The End of Antiquity
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah3702
Module code: AH3702 The sixth century AD was a period of great upheaval and transformation, at the centre of which was the emperor Justinian (527-565 CE).
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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Leicester film expert determines that James Bond would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-film-expert-determines-that-james-bond-would-be-celebrating-his-100th-birthday-this-year
2018 marks the 100th birthday of secret agent James Bond, according to Professor James Chapman from our School of Arts.
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Research inspires art exhibit on mental health and the human experience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/research-inspires-art-exhibit-on-mental-health-and-the-human-experience
PhD researcher in the University’s School of Business and Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Katie Melvin has combined her academic research into bodily feelings and passion for visual art at a current exhibition held at Attenborough Arts centre.
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Professor Surinder Birring
https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/surinder-birring
Find out more about Professor Surinder Birring, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation.
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Publications and resources
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/arch-i-scan/publications
Articles I. Y. Tyukin, T. Tyukina, D. van Helden, Z. Zheng, E. M. Mirkes, O.J. Sutton, Q. Zhou, A. N. Gorban, P. Allison, 2024 (Jan.) Weakly Supervised Learners for Correction of AI Errors with Provable Performance Guarantees, arXiv. 2402.0089. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.
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Research Resources
https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-resources
Our staff and students have the opportunity to work with a fantastic array of primary material, hosted by Special Collections.
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The real Star Wars
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/space-power/star-wars
The reality of using space in conflict isn’t purely the preserve of science fiction. The fight for supremacy over our heads is happening right now.
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Leicester academic sheds new insight on William Wordsworth in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/wordsworth
Read more about Professor Philip Shaw's newest book exploring William Wordsworth's relationship with war.
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Distinguished literary figures from Leicester to be honoured
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/distinguished-literary-figures-from-leicester-to-be-honoured
Two of Leicester’s best loved and most enduring literary figures are to be honoured by our University at its graduation ceremonies this month.