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  • MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover

    3. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover. The book board is only partially covered in tanned leather and has been repaired. The nature of the repair suggests it may have been made 'on the fly'.

  • Contents of display case draw

    9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.

  • Hidden Stories book launch celebrates Leicesters and Glossops Deindustrial Past

    The AHRC-funded ‘Affective Digital Histories: Recreating De-industrial Places, 1970s to the Present’ project team will present an evening of original poetry and prose tomorrow (Tuesday 31 March) from 6:00pm at Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, Midland St.

  • New Directions in Drinking Studies Conference, 6-7 June 2015 – University of Leicester

    Summary of panel on Alcohol and Authenticity at the New Directions in Drinking Studies conference, 6-7 June 2015, University of Leicester. Papers on craft cider in contemporary Wales, marketing of Siberian Crown Russian beer, and pulque in 19th century and present day Mexico.

  • New collaborative partnership between Centre for Hate Studies and the Norwegian Police University College

    Professor Neil Chakraborti, Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, Lecturer in Hate Studies, welcomed a congregation of delegates (pictured) to the University of Leicester on 7 February.

  • Irish in Britain exhibition

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2024 Created by London Metropolitan Archives, an online exhibition  and oral history of Irish migration to Britain since the 1970s.

  • DWL celebrates LGBT+ History Month

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 The University Library is displaying 6 flags during LGBT+ History Month.

  • Study

    History at Leicester has an outstanding reputation for teaching and research across a wide geographical and chronological range.

  • Social Studies of Finance 1

    Module code: MN7379 Module Outline After completing this module students will be able to discuss and explain the organisational, social and technological dimensions of financial markets' structure and behaviour to the analysis of financial institutions and processes of...

  • Social Studies of Finance 1

    Module code: MN7379 Module Outline After completing this module students will be able to discuss and explain the organisational, social and technological dimensions of financial markets' structure and behaviour to the analysis of financial institutions and processes of...

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