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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Events

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

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

• 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.

• Concert to celebrate life of gifted teacher in Chemistry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/concert-to-celebrate-life-of-gifted-teacher-in-chemistry

  A concert is being held at the University to celebrate the life of Dr Martin Harger, Emeritus Reader in the Department of Chemistry, who worked in the Department for more than 38 years and died recently after a short illness.

• Professor Mustafa Arici

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/mustafa-arici

  Find out more about Professor Mustafa Arici, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.

• £1.4 million grant to help advance research into the causes of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/heart-disease

  University of Leicester researchers have been awarded a £1.4 million grant to continue their work to detect and prevent heart failure in those living with type 2 diabetes