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Contact us
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/about/contact
Find out how to get in touch with the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester by email, telephone and in person. You can also follow us on our social media channels.
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Outreach
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/outreach
Arrangements can made for American Studies lecturers from the University of Leicester to give talks to schools - free of charge - on their specialist subject areas. Find out more about talks offered and how you can arrange a talk for your school.
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Spring seminar series archive
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive
Browse past spring seminar series dating back to 2003. We've hosted numerous speakers on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of Victorian studies.
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A Scholarly Edition of Richard Baxters Reliquiae Baxterianae
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/a-scholarly-edition-of-richard-baxters-reliquiae-baxterianae
AHRC Research Grant September 2011-August 2014 Professor John Coffey Richard Baxter’s 800-page folio Reliquiae Baxterianae (1696) is an unrivalled primary source for early modern historical, ecclesiastical, cultural and literary studies.
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Africa Research Group launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/11-africa-research-group
The Africa Research Group is a new group which will bring together projects and research taking place across the University on Africa, Africans in Diaspora and African Heritage communities.
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Applications now open for inaugural Space Park Open Art Exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/space-park-exhibition-applications
Space Park Leicester is calling for UK artists to take part in the first-ever Space Park Open Art Exhibition.
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Leicester films win prestigious Learning on Screen Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/leicester-films-win-prestigious-learning-on-screen-awards
Two films produced by our University have been awarded prestigious Learning on Screen Awards by the British Universities Film & Video Council.
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New species of ancient tongue worm discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-species-of-ancient-tongue-worm-discovered
An international team of scientists led by Leicester researchers has discovered a new species of fossil - a 'tongue worm' - in England and have identified it as an ancient parasitic intruder.
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Deborah Sawday
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/deborah-sawday
Deborah Mary Anne Sawday 11th July 1944 to 19th October 2021 University of Leicester Archaeological Services are sad to announce the death of Deborah Sawday on Tuesday 19th October, at the age of 77, after a long illness.
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New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-revealed-in-bbc-one-documentary
New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Leicester...