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Thinking sociologically about the history of convicts and penal colonies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/25/thinking-sociologically-about-the-history-of-convicts-and-penal-colonies/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 25, 2016 In the early 1990s I had the privilege of studying with David Garland, then teaching and researching in Edinburgh University’s Law School.
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University of Leicester heart research receives £7 million funding boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/bhf-award
The British Heart Foundation has awarded £3 million to the University of Leicester (BHF) to support its world-class cardiovascular disease research over the next five years
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Attenborough Arts Centre launches exciting Spring programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/aac-spring
In Gallery 2 from 7 February to 6 April, artist Sabrina Tirvengadum will exhibit a range of her work which delves into the complexities of her Mauritian family history, deeply influenced by the legacies of colonialism.
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Susan Page
https://le.ac.uk/people/susan-page
Information and contact details for Professor Susan Page, Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Leicester.
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Ig Nobel Prize-winning geologist on why rocks speak in tongues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/ig-nobel-zalasiewicz
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz, Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, explains the research that won him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2023.
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Disputed Bodies: Narratives of Medical Research in Europe, c. 1940s to 2001
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/disputed-bodies
WT096580MA, Large Programme Grant, Joint PI, Wellcome Trust funded from 2 March 2012 to 1st April 2018), a major new book and associated articles.
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Audio heritage in Leicestershire & Rutland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/09/audio-heritage-in-leicestershire-rutland/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 9, 2020 This exhibition was in the basement of the University library for the first few months of 2020.
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Special Collections in the News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/11/special-collections-in-the-news/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on September 11, 2014 While we may be tucked away in the basement of the David Wilson Library there are plenty of exciting discoveries to be made in Special Collections, as recent media interest in our collections demonstrates.
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How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books
The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.
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Teaching resources cast new light on The Great Fire of London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/fire-of-london
The University of Leicester and the Museum of London have today launched new learning resources for primary schools about the Great Fire of London and seventeenth-century history.