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• Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list

  Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester Cathedral, have been ranked twelfth place in the Smithsonian's 'The 21st Century Life List: 25 Great New Places to See'.

• The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/11/11/the-pains-of-imprisonment-an-historical-sociology-of-penal-transportation/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016   A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...

• University of Leicester remembers playwright Joe Orton

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-of-leicester-remembers-playwright-joe-orton

  Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton and the occasion is being marked by a host of events remembering his work and involving our University. Joe Orton (1933-1967) was a leading postwar playwright.

• Offer Holder Hub

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/offer-holders

  We don’t want you to miss out on the benefits of attending a University of Leicester Offer Holder Day, which is why we’ve moved everything online.

• Clare Anderson

  https://le.ac.uk/people/clare-anderson

  Information and contact details for Professor Clare Anderson FBA, Professor of History and Director, LIAS, at the University of Leicester.

• Moonstruck Exhibition eclipses expectations

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/moonstruck-exhibition-eclipses-expectations

  Record numbers of visitors attended Leicester Cathedral for a University-sponsored British Science Week Festival event in the city.

• Leicester, Leicestershire

  https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/leicestershire/leicester

  Listen to speakers from Leicester, Leicestershire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.

• Clare Anderson: Page 3

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/clare_anderson/page/3/

  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.

• Research facility

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research

  The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...

• Botanical Illustrations are not only pretty – they remain relevant today

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/05/12/botanical-illustrations-are-not-only-pretty-they-remain-relevant-today/

  As the University has announced an exciting programme of Summer events at the Botanic Gardens in Oadby, we explore the art of botanical illustration through our Special Collections.