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The Story of Pulque Part 3: Ritual and Power in Aztec Mexico – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/03/the-story-of-pulque-part-3-ritual-and-power-in-aztec-mexico/
Project Principal Investigator Deborah Toner describes the importance of pulque in cultural, religious and political terms during the Aztec period in Mexico. Third part of the story of pulque
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Space Park Leicester to bring space back down to Earth at national conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/space-park-leicester-national-conference
Cutting-edge work of University of Leicester’s science park to be showcased from 16-17 July, including an early prototype of the Double Walled Isolator: a miniature laboratory for returned extraterrestrial samples
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20-21 April 2018 event
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/events/april-20-21-2018
Find out more about the speakers from the workshops that focussed on the following themes: violent crime; corruption and white collar crime; crime and the state on 20-21 April 2018.
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Major £1.7m funding to clean up Philippines mineral extraction
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/promt
Leicester researchers have been awarded part of a £1.7 million grant for their work in reducing the environmental impact of mineral extraction in the Philippines.
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Daring Deeds of Valour
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/daring-deeds-of-valour/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).
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Catherine Leyland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/cl250/
Learning Technologist in the Leicester Learning Institute.
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US History since 1877
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/am1104
Module code: AM1104 (double module) This module will survey the history of the United States since 1877, introducing you to the key events, issues and themes in order to provide you with a framework for further study in United States history.
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The City
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/am2211
Module code: AM2211 (double module) The history of the United States is deeply entwined with the development of the city. Since the late 19th century, the rapid expansion of urban living has been closely associated with American national identity.
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Literatures of Protest: Reading and Political Action
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/am3021
Module code: AM3021 From the earliest writings about the Americas, to slave narratives, to the form of the open/viral letter on social media, American writing has often taken the form of protest literature that sought to move readers to action in ingenious and sometimes...
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Frank, the Double Duchesse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/08/frank-the-double-duchesse/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 8, 2016 Amongst the contents of the Fairclough Collection of engraved portraits, relating to political and social history in 17 th century Britain, we have recently discovered this delicately executed...