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The Later Roman Empire AD 235-430
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3551
Module code: AH3551 Late Antiquity was a period of dramatic change. Shaken by civil war in the third century, the Roman Empire was reborn under the emperor Diocletian (284-306), and refashioned under his successors into a grand and tyrannical military state.
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Religion in the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2041
Module code: AH2041 How did Romans conceptualise their own religion (and those of non-Romans)? How were rituals like sacrifice, augury, divination, processions and dedications carried out? How did religion overlap with politics under the Republic and...
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Study on dopamine neurons could improve mobility and neurological disorder research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/study-on-dopamine-neurons-could-improve-mobility-and-neurological-disorder-research
A research team from the Department of Biology has discovered for the first time both when and why the particular cells in the brain that affect movement are active - after examining transparent zebrafish.
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New cave discoveries shed light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-cave-discoveries-shed-light-on-native-and-european-religious-encounters-in-the-americas
A project led by archaeologists from the British Museum and our University has discovered remarkable evidence which shows how the first generations of Europeans to arrive in the Americas engaged with indigenous peoples and their spiritual beliefs deep inside the caves of a...
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Graduation Gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/graduation-gallery
Congratulations to all of the students who have graduated this week and to the distinguished leaders who received honorary degrees from the University.
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Masters students announced as winners in innovative ideas competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/master2019s-students-announced-as-winners-in-innovative-ideas-competition
A team of Master’s students has been announced as a winner of the JISC Summer of Innovation Student Ideas competition.
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Bioinorganic Chemistry
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/research/chemistry-of-life/bioinorganic-chemistry
Get more information from the School of Chemistry's research into bioinorganic chemistry, as part of our research theme in chemical biology.
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Dennis Smith
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/dennis-smith
We have learned with sadness of the recent death of Professor Dennis Smith, who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1970s. Professor Smith passed away in February 2024.
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CMS Societies
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/about/cms-societies
Leicester Actuarial Sciences Society (LASS) The Leicester Actuarial Science Society is led by Leicester students and is a part of the Institute and faculty of actuaries for student actuaries community across Leicester, Coventry & Peterborough.
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Roman Religion
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah2041
Module code: AH2041 How did Romans conceptualise their own religion (and those of non-Romans)? How were rituals like sacrifice, augury, divination, processions and dedications carried out? How did religion overlap with politics under the Republic and...