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AboutUs
https://le.ac.uk/top-links-about-us
Leicester probably started as a Celtic settlement. It was the capital of the local Celtic tribe, the Coriletavi. The Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD and they captured Leicestershire by 47 AD. The Romans built a fort at Leicester in 48 AD.
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About RCMG
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/about
We understand museums, galleries and heritage as part of – and active in shaping - the contemporary world.
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Copyright and ethics
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/how-to-do-oral-history/interviewing/copyright-and-ethics
Learn more about copyright and ethics when it comes to conducting oral history interviews.
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Charles Phythian-Adams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/charles-phythian-adams
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Emeritus Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Head of the Department of English Local History (now the Centre for Regional and Local History), who passed away on 13 May 2025.
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The University of the West Indies, University of Leicester and University of Alberta International Summer Institute
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/uwi-summer-school
The Summer School is an annual programme run by the University of the West Indies and the University of Leicester, aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers from the Caribbean, the UK and Canada with an interest in global studies and a background in any...
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Aerospace Engineering BEng
https://le.ac.uk/courses/aerospace-engineering-beng/2026
We’ve come a long way since the Wright Brothers. But in an area as innovative as aerospace engineering, the sky truly is the limit. From flight dynamics to aero-engine design, you’ll learn what it takes to make your mark in this exciting field.
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English with Creative Writing BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/english-with-creative-writing-ba/2026
Learn how to analyse novels, plays and poems - and how to write your own - in Leicester’s dynamic English and Creative Writing degree.
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Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/15/reconsidering-southern-african-studies-from-the-indian-ocean/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on September 15, 2014 “Reconsidering Southern African Studies from the Indian Ocean.” This challenge underpinned two wonderful days of discussion at the University of the Western Cape last week.
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The Lord of Misrule and his band of ‘lusty guts’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/12/20/the-lord-of-misrule-and-his-band-of-lusty-guts/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on December 20, 2016 Behaving badly at the Christmas festivities and doing something you would really rather not remember is not an exclusively modern phenomenon, as a trawl through our Special Collections reveals –...
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Clare Anderson: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/clare_anderson/page/2/
I am a professor of history, with interests in colonialism and colonial societies across the British Empire. I am especially interested in the history of confinement.