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PhD research graduates to share cutting-edge research at first Doctoral Inaugural Lectures of 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/phd-research-graduates-to-share-cutting-edge-research-at-first-doctoral-inaugural-lectures-of-2018
Two new Doctors from our University will share their research at the first Doctoral Inaugural Lectures of 2018.
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Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum in 1836.
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Dr Matthew Graham Brown
https://le.ac.uk/people/matthew-graham-brown
The academic profile of Dr Matthew Graham-Brown, Associate Clinical Professor of Renal Medicine at University of Leicester
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Classic American Writing
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en1002
Module code: EN1002 This module is intended to introduce you to some of the distinctive characteristics of American literature by the detailed study of works that emerged from the turbulent period leading up to the Civil War in 1861, the period of the so-called American...
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Critical Perspectives 2
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en2360
Module code: EN2360 (double module) The module will introduce you to a range of theoretical debates which have influenced the study of English in recent decades, covering issues such as reading and authorship, gender and sexuality, identity and selfhood, class and race,...
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Literatures of Protest: Reading and Political Action
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3021
Module code: EN3021 From the earliest writings about the Americas, to slave narratives, to the form of the open/viral letter on social media, American writing has often taken the form of protest literature that sought to move readers to action in ingenious and sometimes...
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Adolescence in American Fiction and Film
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3004
Module code: EN3004 ‘Coming of age’ stories are one of the most popular types of narrative in post-war American culture.
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English Language and Linguistics Research Methods
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7232
Module code: EN7232 This module provides an overview of the principles and practices of researching English Language and Linguistics at postgraduate level.
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Old Haunts: The Ghost Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7242
Module code: EN7242 Following the Reformation, the boundary between living and dead was abruptly redrawn. With the simplification of funerary rites, and the abolition of purgatory as ‘a fonde thing’, the old medieval channels of communication were swiftly severed.
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Old Haunts: The Ghost Story in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/en7242
Module code: EN7242 Following the Reformation, the boundary between living and dead was abruptly redrawn. With the simplification of funerary rites, and the abolition of purgatory as ‘a fonde thing’, the old medieval channels of communication were swiftly severed.