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Prestigious award to School of Education academic working towards peace
https://le.ac.uk/education/news-events/education-news/peace-korea-award
The leading role played by a University of Leicester academic working towards peace in the Korean Peninsula has been recognised with a prestigious award.
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The stirrings of controversy
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/reinterring/controversy
From the project’s inception, it was the stated intention of the partnership involved in the search for the king’s remains that, if successful, Richard III would be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral.
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Smoke-free campus campaign
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/smoke-free-campus
Being a considerate smoker Life on campus is a life for all. Our campus is a place for everyone to enjoy.
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Football and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy3057
Module code: SY3057 As the world's most popular sport, football plays a significant role in global society. Its stars are global celebrities who earn millions from their clubs and endorsements.
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Cosmic Sociology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy2100
Module code: SY2100 Most aspects of social life and human endeavour have been subject to sociological analysis. However, one under-explored area in terms of sociological enquiry is space, space exploration and the universe.
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Introduction to Classical Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1603
Module code: AR1603 For centuries, many have considered the ‘Classical world’ of Ancient Greece and Rome to have been ancestral to Western civilization.
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Early Christian Europe
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar7312
Module code: AR7312 This module examines the evidence from archaeology, architecture, art history and history for the emergence and impact of the early Christian Church in the period c. AD 250-850.
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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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The Hellenistic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah3701
Module code: AH3701 In many ways, the Hellenistic World is the most Greek of all periods – with spectacular architecture, widespread democratic institutions, and cosmopolitan culture.