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  • The Development of Translation Studies

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ts7001

    Module code: TS7001 Translation has played an important role in the development of human history and civilisation, and its importance is growing in a world that is becoming more and more connected.

  • Niki Ferraro

    https://le.ac.uk/people/niki-ferraro

    The academic profile of Ms Niki Ferraro, PhD student at University of Leicester

  • Awards winning comedian, Francesca Martinez, reflects on her involvement in a Research Centre for Mu

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/02/24/awards-winning-comedian-francesca-martinez-reflects-on-her-involvement-in-a-research-centre-for-museums-and-galleries-project-exceptional-extraordinary/

    Posted by Sarah Plumb in School of Museum Studies Blog on February 24, 2017 Exceptional & Extraordinary was a research project initiated by the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester which set out to stimulate public and medical...

  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-8/

    3. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover. The book board is only partially covered in tanned leather and has been repaired. The nature of the repair suggests it may have been made 'on the fly'.

  • Parchment used in immersive experience

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/

    10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.

  • Contents of display case draw

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/

    9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.

  • An invertebrate model for studies of learning and memory

    https://le.ac.uk/dbs/animal-welfare/the-3rs/examples/learning

    Lecturer in Psychology at Leicester, Dr Gonzalo Urcelay has published research on an invertebrate model for studies of learning and memory. Learn more about his research.

  • Culture, heritage and languages

    https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/culture-heritage-languages

    Our academics are keen to offer their expertise across the fields of culture, heritage and languages, with services including archaeological pursuits and translation.

  • Alex Whitfield: 'Learning in Living Knowledge'

    https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/alex-whitfield

    Museum Studies graduate Alex Whitfield discusses her life and career after graduating from Leicester with a Masters and a PhD.

  • Rest in Pieces: The story of a hanged woman and her journey to becoming a museum object. By Ali Well

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/07/27/rest-in-pieces/

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on July 27, 2016   When referring to “skeletons in the cupboard” we rarely expect these to be literally true, but in the case of Mary Ann Higgins and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, it is.

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