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Theory in Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar2029
Module code: AR2029 What kinds of critical tools are out there to help us understand the past? What was gender like in the past? How are politics and the past entwined? How was the past different from the present? How does archaeology make us think...
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Sources, Method, and Theory for Ancient History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2012
Module code: AH2012 What is the best way to approach ancient sources? How do modern ideas influence the study of the past? Are ancient texts only informative of the literate minority? The past is everywhere.
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Crime and the Media
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/cr2010
Module code: CR2010 Crime is newsworthy. It is a constant feature in news coverage on television, on the radio, on the internet and in newspapers. It is a popular topic for television drama, documentaries, reality programmes, films and novels.
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Spain and its Others
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sp3165
Module code: SP3165 This module focuses on representations of difference (understood in terms of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and citizenship status) in a selection of Spanish cultural texts from the 1950s to the 2010s.
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Spain and its Others
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/sp3165
Module code: SP3165 This module focuses on representations of difference (understood in terms of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and citizenship status) in a selection of Spanish cultural texts from the 1950s to the 2010s.
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Ethics and effectiveness of drones and remote warfare to be explored
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/the-ethics-and-effectiveness-of-drones-and-remote-warfare-to-be-explored
The evolution of war will be discussed at a free conference on Wednesday 11 February which examines the historical and contemporary issues of remote warfare.
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Society and Crisis Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal WellBeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/society-and-crisis-quantitative-and-qualitative-evaluations-of-societal-well-being
The Department of Sociology hosted a one day symposium on 4 June focused on measuring societal well-being during current recession.
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27000 project to preserve Leicesters postwar memories
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps27-000-project-to-preserve-leicesters-post-war-memories
The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA), based in the Centre for Urban History at our University, has received £27,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project that will record memories of the period 1945-1962 in Leicester and Leicestershire.
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Sessions to prevent Type 2 diabetes and improve knowledge of condition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/sessions-to-prevent-type-2-diabetes
Free fitness and healthy eating workshops will be staged in Leicester over the next five months for people from minority ethnic communities as part of a county-wide health campaign.
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Research to examine how children use social media to promote mental wellbeing and seek health advice
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/research-to-examine-how-children-use-social-media-to-promote-mental-wellbeing-and-seek-health-advice
A new project led by Dr Michelle O'Reilly from the Department of Sociology aims to explore the role social media plays in promoting mental health and wellbeing in children.