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Summertime, and the Gibbeting ain’t Easy… By Emma Battell Lowman
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/06/20/summertime-gibbet/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on June 20, 2016 Today is officially the first day of summer, and I welcome the season this year particularly grateful for something that this time last year hadn’t even crossed my mind.
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First evidence for Julius Caesars invasion of Britain discovered by Leicester team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/first-evidence-for-julius-caesars-invasion-of-britain-discovered-by-leicester-team
The first evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain has been discovered by a team from our School of Archaeology and Ancient History. The findings will be explored as part of the BBC Four’s Digging For Britain on Wednesday 29 November at 9:00PM.
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Academic year: 1999-2000
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/seminar-series/99-00
Browse the speakers from the Centre for English Local History's seminar events, held in 1999-2000.
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Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2802
Module code: HS2802 Participating in this module will give you hands on experience working in the heritage industry, offering you invaluable experience for the future.
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Working with History: The Heritage Field Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2802
Module code: HS2802 Participating in this module will give you hands on experience working in the heritage industry, offering you invaluable experience for the future.
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Heritage Field Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2802
Module code: HS2802 Participating in this module will give you hands on experience working in the heritage industry, offering you invaluable experience for the future.
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Events
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events
Find out about our events in the Centre for Victorian Studies, including our spring seminar series and our annual lecture, and browse our past events archive.
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Origins of Pepyss famous diary unravelled
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/origins-of-pepys2019s-famous-diary-unravelled
The diary of the seventeenth-century cultural icon Samuel Pepys - which contains references to bribery, illicit sex, and criticisms of powerful men – has an enduring legacy, and Dr Kate Loveman from the School of English will be unravelling why it was written at an event at...
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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.
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History and Archaeology BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-and-archaeology-ba/2026
Explore the past with an emphasis on the mediaeval and modern periods, and gain practical and fieldwork skills from Leicester’s famed archaeologists.