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Seeds from Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor tree take root in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/seeds-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-survivor-tree-take-root-leicester
Seeds from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
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Speaking out against hate crime at Police event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/speaking-out-against-hate-crime-at-police-event
Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy from the University’s Centre for Hate Studies will be joining a panel discussion about hate crime, alongside the Police Crime Commissioner for Leicester and the mother of hate crime victim Sophie Lancaster.
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Flood and Flow: Place-Names and the Changing Hydrology of River-Systems
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/flood-and-flow
Flood and Flow is two-year interdisciplinary research project, funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
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800000 project investigates the human cost of war
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/ps800-000-project-investigates-the-human-cost-of-war
The human cost of civil wars is to be investigated in a four-year project entitled 'Welfare, Conflict and Memory during and after the English Civil Wars,1642-1700’ funded by a major grant of over £800,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Academic year: 2019-2020
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/19-20
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 2019-2020.
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Academic year: 2008-2009
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/08-09
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 2008-2009.
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19th century cake and icing recipes highlight historical approaches to baking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/19th-century-cake-and-icing-recipes-highlight-historical-approaches-to-baking
An historical recipe for a 19th century version of Great British Bake Off classic Shrowsbury Cake has been made available by the University's Special Collections.
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Physical Geography and GIS
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/physical-geography-and-gis
Find your research degree supervisor in Physical Geography and GIS at Leicester.
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Stop the clocks: Brisk walking may slow biological ageing process, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/walking-speed-ageing
A new study of genetic data published today (Wednesday) of more than 400,000 UK adults has revealed a clear link between walking pace and a genetic marker of biological age.
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An interview with Nora Waddington
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/19/an-interview-with-nora-waddington/
Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on December 19, 2016 During the 1980s an oral history project was undertaken by the Leicester Oral history Archive. These interviews are now held by the East Midlands Oral History Archives at the University of Leicester.