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• The Story of Pulque Part 3: Ritual and Power in Aztec Mexico – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/03/the-story-of-pulque-part-3-ritual-and-power-in-aztec-mexico/

  Project Principal Investigator Deborah Toner describes the importance of pulque in cultural, religious and political terms during the Aztec period in Mexico. Third part of the story of pulque

• The Criminal Corpse and the Competing Claims of Justice and Anatomy. By Richard Ward

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/12/21/richard-ward-the-criminal-corpse-and-the-competing-claims-of-justice-and-anatomy/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on December 21, 2015 The later eighteenth century represents a particular moment when the competing claims of anatomy and criminal justice fought for supremacy over the criminal corpse.

• Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung

  New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are cared for, through a pioneering new approach using virtual clinical trials.

• Katy Roscoe

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/kar29/

  Katy was awarded her PhD in History at the University of Leicester. Her doctoral research explored the use of islands off the coast of Australia for the incarceration of Indigenous and European convicts.

• Digitizing Reproduction

  https://le.ac.uk/digitizing-reproduction

  Studying how we use and impacts of digital platforms for reproductive health, the Digitizing Reproduction group is an academic team spread across four universities and many disciplines

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/history/events

  Find out about the upcoming events in the School of History.

• Hijacking of religious symbols by extremists intensifies rifts and tensions suggests academic

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018hijacking2019-of-religious-symbols-by-extremists-intensifies-rifts-and-tensions-suggests-academic

  The ‘hijacking’ of religious symbols – such as beards, clothing and phrases - by extremists sullies their original use and intensifies rifts and tensions, according to Dr Saeeda Shah (pictured) from the School of Education.

• Literary Leicester 2015 returns

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/literary-leicester-2015-line-up-announced

  The line-up of authors and special guests attending Literary Leicester 2015, who will be delivering a range of exciting and stimulating sessions to audiences, has been revealed. Literary Leicester is among the city’s leading annual festivals of the written and spoken word.

• Hope for first drug treatment for life-threatening aneurysms

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/aneurysms-drug-treatment

  Research suggests cholesterol-lowering drugs could be repurposed as treatment in breakthrough for patients

• Study of freelance workers examines link between hours worked and their well-being

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/study-of-freelance-workers-examines-link-between-hours-worked-and-their-well-being

  A new study of freelance workers has discovered key factors that affect their well-being – either making them happier or increasing anxiety and risking depression.