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• Scoliosis

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology/scoliosis

  One compelling aspect of Shakespeare’s Richard III is his deformity. In the play the king is described as ‘hunchbacked’ and there has been considerable disagreement since whether this is real or a politically motivated invention of his enemies.

• A chance to talk about gibbeting and hanging in France? Yes, please! By Emma Battell Lowman

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/22/parlons-du-gibbet-en-france/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 22, 2016   One of the joys of academic work is participating in study days or workshops that bring together a diverse group of scholars to approach a theme or issue from multiple vantage.

• 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.

• Evelyn Waugh Conference 2015 – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/05/26/evelyn-waugh-conference-2015/

  Write up of Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works conference

• Listening to Winnifred

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/09/11/listening-to-winnifred/

  A description of the discovery and contents of taped interviews with people known to Evelyn Waugh, conducted by Dr Winnifred Bogaards

• Leicester signs up to the Turing University Network

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/turing

  The University of Leicester’s research in the areas of data science and artificial intelligence has been given a boost by the news it has become one of 29 new members of the Alan Turing Institute’s university network.

• Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi conferred University of Leicester honorary professorship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/sheikha-bodour-al-qasimi-conferred-university-of-leicester-honorary-professorship

  Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi awarded University of Leicester honorary professorship for global impact in literacy, culture, and women’s empowerment.

• MESSENGER

  https://le.ac.uk/bepicolombo/about/messenger

  There have been two previous missions to Mercury; NASA’s Mariner 10 mission, which completed three flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, and MESSENGER. MESSENGER was the first mission to orbit Mercury.

• Shot at dawn in the Great War: Re-evaluating justice in the case of Harry Farr. By Floris Tomasini

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/03/shot-at-dawn/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 3, 2016   Today’s post looks at a re-evaluation of justice in an emblematic case study; Harry Farr who was shot for cowardice during the Great War.

• Net zero

  https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/net-zero

  Learn how the University of Leicester will try to achieve the goal of being net zero by 2040.