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• Spring seminar series 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2017

  Browse our 2017 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.

• Research degrees

  https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/study/research-degrees

  Academics in American Studies at the University of Leicester are research-active and specialists in their areas. Find out more about studying a PhD or MPhil in American Studies: discover our research interests, find a supervisor and learn about funding opportunities.

• Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

  Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of Geology - has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’, shedding light on how they were quarried...

• New exhibition inspired by iconic Leicester playwright Joe Orton to open its doors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-exhibition-inspired-by-iconic-leicester-playwright-joe-orton-to-open-its-doors

  A new exhibition inspired by the life and work of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton will open its doors at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in London on Sunday 5 February.

• Arch-I-Scan’s end-of-the-year-successes – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/01/18/celebrating-end-of-the-year-successes/

  The Arch-I-Scan project recounts a few end-of-2020 successes, including a paper presentation at the CAA conference, an interdisciplinary award from the University's Images of Research competition, and the announcement of Professor Ivan Tyukin's Turing AI Fellowship.

• Joe Orton, Edna Welthorpe and Creative Writing by Bryony Adshead

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2017/11/10/joe-orton-edna-welthorpe-and-creative-writing-by-bryony-adshead/

  Posted by Emma Parker in School of English Blog on November 10, 2017 After signing up for an Open Day at the University of Leicester, I was intrigued to receive an email regarding the ‘Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)’ creative writing competition, run by Dr Emma Parker...

• University of Leicester Staff Blogs School of English Centre for New Writing Trains Pioneers of Crea

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/16/centre-for-new-writing-trains-pioneers-of-creative-writing-in-secondary-schools/

  Centre for New Writing creative writing training for A level teachers

• University of Leicester staff blogs Georgian chocolate-making rooms open to the public after 300 yea

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/03/27/georgian-chocolate-making-rooms-open-to-public-after-300-years/

  Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on March 27, 2014 [From a University of Leicester Press Release] The Georgian royal chocolate-making rooms at Hampton Court Palace have been rediscovered and are open to the public for the first time in almost 300 years – and...

• Recognising the support needs of victims

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/recognising-the-support-needs-of-victims

  Learn about our report on recognising the support needs of victims - a piece of research conducted by the University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies. The research examined the specialist support needs of hate crime victims in Hertfordshire.

• Manuscripts as Memorials

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/02/22/manuscripts-as-memorials/

  Second post by Naomi Milthorpe exploring Huntington's Evelyn Waugh holdings, focussing on the role of manuscripts in self-constructed author legacy.