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The view from the Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/hypir/view
EMOHA · View from the Attenborough Tower As you look out of the windows in the foyers of the Attenborough Tower you are looking in a north westerly direction across the City of Leicester towards the hills of the ancient Charnwood Forest in the distance.
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American Masculinities
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3150
Module code: EN3150 From rugged frontiersmen to fearless cowboys, male heroes have occupied a central place in American writing ever since the first colonists set foot in the New World.
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An Introduction to World Archaeology AD
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1005
Module code: AR1005 What is the legacy of the Roman Empire? What can archaeology tell us of Viking raids and Viking settlement? What does architecture reveal about religion in the medieval to modern world? When did the Muslims arrive in India and China? ...
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Work, Employment, and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy1012
Module code: SY1012 Please note that from 2016 this will be a second-year module. Most adults in the UK will spend about 80,000 hours of their lives working and they will be the envy of those who want to but can't.
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An Introduction to World Archaeology AD
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar1005
Module code: AR1005 What is the legacy of the Roman Empire? What can archaeology tell us of Viking raids and Viking settlement? What does architecture reveal about religion in the medieval to modern world? When did the Muslims arrive in India and China? ...
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Textiles, Dress and Identity in the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah7379
Module code: AH7379 (double module) A lot of evidence survives for the study of Roman dress: fragmentary textiles, texts and iconography in a variety of media.
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Cultural History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2235
Module code: HS2235 Module Outline As one of the pioneers of cultural history, Raymond Williams, once said “culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language”.
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Whistleblowing and why it matters
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/copy_of_whistleblowing-2013-and-why-it-matters
Update: a recording of the lecture by Professor Mark Stein is available here. Update: a webinar on whistleblowing with Dame Ruth Silver and Professor Mark Stein is now available.
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Affective Digital Histories
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/affective-digital-histories
The Affective Digital Histories project looked at Leicester's Cultural Quarter and the memories of it from local residents with a main focus between the 1970s and 1990s. Learn more about the project.
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Leicester-led study to explore mental health and drug use in colonial and post-colonial prisons
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/leicester-study-mental-health-drug-prisons
The University of Leicester has been awarded £3.3m to research drugs and mental health in prison settings globally.