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                    The fight for minority rights in the United States to be explored at eventhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/the-fight-for-minority-rights-forms-2018a-continuous-thread-of-american-history2019-1 Issues of racism - from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s up until today - and how the ongoing fight for minority rights has formed a ‘continual and continuous thread of American history’ will be discussed at an upcoming ‘Remembering Rosa Parks’ event on... 
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                    Academic dances the night away in new film starring Kate Winslet and Alan Rickmanhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/academic-dances-the-night-away-in-new-film-starring-kate-winslet-and-alan-rickman Dr Heidi Ashton from the School of Management is starring in a new blockbuster film, A Little Chaos, released in UK cinemas on Friday 17 April. 
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                    Acclaimed writers to speak at biggest ever Evelyn Waugh conferencehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/acclaimed-writers-to-speak-at-evelyn-waugh-conference Acclaimed writers Selina Hastings, William Boyd and Paula Byrne are set to speak at a major conference on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project taking place between 24-26 April. 
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                    Earth history opens a new chapterhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/earth-history-opens-a-new-chapter An international group of scientists has proposed that fallout from hundreds of nuclear weapons tests in the late 1940s to early 1960s could be used to mark the dawn of a new geological age in Earth history – the Anthropocene. 
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                    Heritage destruction in conflict zones offers archaeological opportunitieshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/heritage-destruction-in-conflict-zones-offers-archaeological-opportunities An international archaeological team co-led by Leicester researchers is investigating an historic site devastated by conflict in Lebanon - and has demonstrated it is possible to obtain original and important information from heritage sites that have been devastated by... 
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                    Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 4 10 Junehttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-4-10-june Professor Melanie Simms from the School of Management has discussed on The Conversation how the recent successes of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union should get us thinking about whether some of the tactics it has used could work in other sectors. 
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                    Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctionshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-suggests-hippocampal-neuron-responses-are-associated-with-memory-distinctions The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation. 
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                    New play centres on Arch of Remembrance in Leicesters Victoria Parkhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/new-play-centres-on-arch-of-remembrance-in-leicester2019s-victoria-park A play written, produced and performed by Leicester students will premiere at the Y theatre in Leicester on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July. 
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                    Leicester research cited in new series of the X-Fileshttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-research-cited-in-new-series-of-the-x-files Actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have solved countless mysteries and battled a variety of fierce aliens throughout the years playing agents Mulder and Scully on the X-Files - and now they've turned their attention towards research... 
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                    Millions of people are reading opinion pieces written by Leicester researchershttps://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/millions-of-people-are-reading-opinion-pieces-written-by-leicester-researchers Millions of people are reading opinion pieces authored by Leicester academics.