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Leicester to showcase humanities research at 2021 Being Human festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/being-human
University of Leicester experts from disciplines as diverse as English literature, archaeology and criminology – and a whole lot more – have joined the programme for the UK’s largest national festival of the humanities.
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Research shows higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death for those living in deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and twin pregnancies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/stillbirth
People living in the UK’s most deprived areas, minority ethnic groups and those with twin pregnancies all continue to experience higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal death according to new research from the MBRRACE-UK team at the University of Leicester.
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A tribute to Professor Tony Gershlick
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/tribute-to-professor-tony-gershlick
Professor Anthony (Tony) Gershlick, a Consultant Cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital and Professor of Interventional Cardiology, has died aged 69.
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Campaign raises awareness of cancer symptoms women should look out for
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/uterine-cancer-womb-campaign-leicester
A campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of womb cancer and increase earlier diagnosis among Black and ethnic minority women is showing signs of success
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Emma Battell Lowman: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/ejl22/page/3/
Emma Battell Lowman is Lecturer in the History of the Americas at the University of Hertfordshire and is an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History where she continues her postdoctoral research as a member of the Harnessing the Criminal...
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Acarajé Diaries Day 0 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/24/acaraje-diaries-day-0/
Project co-investigator embarks on a research trip to Salvador, Bahia in Brazil to find out more about the bahianas do acarajé.
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World-class empathy experts receive top awards at international conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/empathy-awards-international-conference
Two of the world’s leading experts in empathic healthcare have been recognised for their exceptional contribution to the field at a ground-breaking international conference in Leicester.
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My visit to the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2015/09/30/my-visit-to-the-guangzhou-academy-of-fine-arts/
Posted by Janet Marstine in School of Museum Studies Blog on September 30, 2015 From left: Art Museum and Gallery Studies alum Winky (qi Wen), Professor Hu Bin, Janet Marstine, Tanya (Tan Yue); and Xue Yan, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum events coordinator Whilst doing...
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cl13
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/corinne_lambert/
The Dryad Collection – basket weaving Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection, I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the...
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British premiere of Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2014/11/18/british-premiere-of-abdellah-taias-salvation-army/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 18, 2014 Back in September, I attended the first British screening of Salvation Army (2013), the début film of Moroccan author (and now filmmaker) Abdellah Taïa, screened exclusively...