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History of the Centre
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/about/history
The history of the Centre dates back to 1948. Read more about our formation, teaching, research and publications since we were established.
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Cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky: interview by Dilan Ucer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2021/10/29/cartoonist-vladimir-kazanevsky-interview-dilan-ulcer/
Political cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) is interviewed by University of Leicester student Dilan Ucer.
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Puppy power Students Union leads the way with pearls pasties and a new furry friend
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/puppy-power-students-union-leads-the-way-with-pearls-pasties-and-a-new-furry-friend
The Students’ Union has been busy over the summer renovating its food market - and welcoming the newest member to its team, Vinnie the black Labrador retriever. The Union has invested £200,000 in creating a ‘unique’ dining experience in time for Freshers’ Week.
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The University's origins in the Great War
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/great-war
Read about the origins of the University within the context of the First World War, and how the University College came to be founded in 1921.
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University urges others to support The Big Help Out volunteer drive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/big-help-out
A major Leicester institution with a proud history of supporting communities has thrown its weight behind a nationwide volunteering project which marks the Coronation of His Majesty the King.
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Polish Post-beginners (Level 2)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/polish/level-2
Polish course for post-beginners at Leicester University
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The Geography of the Criminal Corpse: Magic, therapies and bodily pieces across Europe. By Francesca
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/01/19/francesca-matteoni-the-geography-of-the-criminal-corpse-magic-therapies-and-bodily-pieces-across-europe/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on January 19, 2016 I have been involved in the first two years of the project as a postdoctoral researcher working on the medico-magical employment of the criminal corpse’s pieces: hands, fingers,...
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Cartooning: A Delicate Art Form that Needs to be Preserved
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2021/12/28/cartooning-delicate-art-form-needs-preserved/
Political cartoonist Michel Kichka (Israel) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer William Speakman.
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The forgotten success of penal transportation reform in late Imperial Russia: the lowering of prison
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/06/08/the-forgotten-success-of-penal-transportation-reform-in-late-imperial-russia-the-lowering-of-prisoner-mortality-in-the-transfer-system-1885-1915/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 8, 2016 By Mikhail Nakonechny . The late Imperial Russian prison and exile system is almost unequivocally considered to be the traditional embodiment of brutality, institutional inhumanity and injustice.
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Developing partnerships for innovation in health
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/opportunities/past-events/developing-partnerships-for-innovation-in-health
We were delighted to host 16 fabulous speakers at Leicester City Football Club on 27 June 2024.