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Research clusters
https://le.ac.uk/arts/research/research-clusters
Find out more about our research clusters in the School of Arts, Media, and Communication, covering Contemporary Literature, Writing, and Culture; Health, Environment, Science, and Technology in the Arts and media; Literary and Cultural Histories; Media Practice; Public...
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Genetics and early British population history
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/genetics-and-early-british-population-history
Academic advisors: Professor Simon James, Professor Mark Jobling, Dr Turi King Research Associate: Dr Jon Wetton Published studies of the genetic diversity of the peoples of Britain have so far focused on uniparentally-inherited markers.
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Histories of Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs2236
Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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Histories of Violence
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs2236
Module code: HS2236 Over the course of this module you’ll be examining the role violence plays and played in human history, through two highly engaging and strikingly different historical studies, each directly connected to the research expertise of the module tutors.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails/people
Professor Clare Anderson (Principal Investigator, HyPIR) Clare Anderson has a research background in the history of incarceration and penal transportation in the British Empire, including in South Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean region.
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History BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-ba/2026
Leicester offers you the option to study a wide range of historical periods and the flexibility to build your degree around your own areas of interest.
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Media, Culture and Society MA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/media-culture-and-society-ma/2026
This is for you if... you are interested in studying media, communication and sociology at an advanced level and learning from some of the leading researchers in this academic field.
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Research to investigate round mounds of the Isle of Man
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/research-to-investigate-round-mounds-of-the-isle-of-man
Dr Rachel Crellin (pictured) from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History and Dr Chris Fowler (Newcastle University) aim to investigate what the round mounds of the Isle of Man, and associated burials, people and artefacts, can tell us about life on the island...
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Leicesters everevolving literary festival receives important Arts Council grant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicesters-ever-evolving-literary-festival-receives-important-arts-council-grant
Literary Leicester, a leading festival of the written and spoken word organised by our University, opens in Leicester next month (November), with a glittering line-up of events that are free and open to the public.
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Shedding new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/research-network-explores-innovative-ways-to-shed-new-light-on-drinking-and-eating-habits-in-the-roman-world
The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology highlights the pioneering research conducted by a network of academics, professional archaeologists and museum curators, led by the Universities of Leicester and Exeter, who are investigating new ways of analysing...