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• Leicester celebrates Chinese New Year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-celebrates-chinese-new-year

  The University will be celebrating Chinese New Year, and the incoming year of the dog, with an array of activities and performances this Friday 16 February. Chinese New Year marks the start of the lunar New Year.

• Leicester to host talk by UK activist who joined Kurdish force against ISIS in Northern Syria

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-to-host-talk-by-uk-activist-who-joined-kurdish-force-against-isis-in-northern-syria

  UK activist Kimberley Taylor, who has joined Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Syria, will be one of the speakers at an event being held on International Women’s Day at the University and chaired by Dr Omer Tekdemir from our School of History, Politics and International Relations.

• Professor JHWG Liebeschuetz

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/wolf-liebeschuetz

  It is with great sadness that the family of Professor John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon Liebeschuetz announces his passing, after a brief illness, on 12 July 2022 at the age of 95. We have lost a much-loved family member, friend to many, and a highly respected scholar of history.

• MA dissertations 1956-2020

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/ma-dissertations-1956-2020

  MA dissertations undertaken by our alumni between 1965 and 2020 2020 Brookes, J. Shaping Worfield: lordly avarice, neighbourhood watch or wider forces: social change in rural Shropshire, 1440-1660. Coyne, A.

• The Carceral Archipelago panel at the Fourth European Congress on World and Global History, 4-7 Sept

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/17/the-carceral-archipelago-panel-at-the-fourth-european-congress-on-world-and-global-history-4-7-september-2014/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on September 17, 2014 The Carceral Archipelago panel in Paris During the first week of September, members of our European Research Council funded project, Carceral Archipelago, attended the Fourth European Congress on...

• Olive Banks (1923-2006)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/olive-banks

  “Any attempt to raise feminist arguments was met with indifference if not outright hostility, and the paucity of women academics in general increased my feeling of isolation.

• Exposure to air pollution in pregnancy and early life has important impacts on lung function in early childhood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/27-pollution-during-pregnancy

  New research by the Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CESH) at the University of Leicester indicates that exposure to air pollution from road traffic as early as the first trimester of pregnancy and in early life is associated with small but significant...

• Staff recognised at the Discovering Excellence Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/15-discovering-excellence-staff-awards

  Discovering Excellence Staff Awards|Last night staff from across the University of Leicester celebrated the innovation, creativity and dedication of our fantastic colleagues at the fourth annual Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.

• The sting of the bling

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction

  Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.

• School of Criminology launches new podcast to tackle hate crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/hidden-hate-podcast

  A new podcast series created by the University of Leicester’s Centre for Hate Studies takes a deep dive into the causes behind hate online and offline and how they can be tackled.