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• Harem and Hijab: Writing about Women in Islam from the 17th Century to the Present

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3162

  Module code: EN3162 The word harem, derived from the Arabic word haram meaning forbidden or sacrosanct, came to the Western world in the 17th century by means of the Ottoman Empire.

• Richard III discovery at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/richard-iii-discovery-at-the-royal-society-summer-exhibition

  The team behind the scientific detective story of the decade, the discovery of King Richard III, has been selected as one of 22 exhibitors at the Royal Society’s annual display of the most exciting cutting-edge science and technology in the UK.

• Olympus IX81 - Inscoper

  https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/equipment/inverted-widefield-microscopes/olympus-inscoper

  Find out more about the Olympus Cell^R/Scan^R imaging system which can be found in the Advanced Imaging Facility.

• Earth Observation and Remote Sensing

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy7028

  Module code: GY7028 Remote sensing is collecting data from a distance – without actually being there. We use remote sensing technologies such as satellites and aerial sensors for Earth Observation – to collect data about the Earth’s physical, chemical and biological systems.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/social-epigenetics-lab/publications

  Published research in the field of Social Epigenetics involving insects and authored by members or alumni of University of Leicester's Social Epigenetics Lab.

• Beehold our hivestar bumble abode

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/bee-hold-our-hive-star-bumble-abode

  Ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June, students at the University are helping to build replicas of insect natural habitats in two new locations in Leicester.

• Professor Stephen Wood to present research highlighting the importance of employee involvement

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/stephen-wood-presents-research-highlighting-the-importance-of-employee-involvement

  The School of Management’s Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, will be speaking at a UKWON symposium on Bringing wellbeing, mental health and productivity together in the workplace of the future at E.

• School stars mark University Centenary at National Space Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/schools-dinner

  School leaders from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland caught a sneak peek of Space Park Leicester on Thursday as they celebrated the University of Leicester’s Centenary.

• First study examining pregnancy in the Viking Age: Pregnant women wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers, but also a harsh world where not all newborns were given burial or born free 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/first-study-into-pregnancy-in-viking-age

  A new, interdisciplinary study is the first focused examination of pregnancy in the Viking Age.

• 17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.