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Dismemberment in Prehistory – Not Just for the Criminally Insane. By Shane McCorristine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/11/23/shane-mccorristine-dismemberment-in-prehistory-not-just-for-the-criminally-insane/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on November 23, 2015 Francisco Goya, “Great deeds! Against the dead!” (1810s). Source: Wikimedia Commons. For as long as humans have been around we have cut up, hacked, butchered, and mutilated corpses.
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A chance to talk about gibbeting and hanging in France? Yes, please! By Emma Battell Lowman
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/02/22/parlons-du-gibbet-en-france/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on February 22, 2016 One of the joys of academic work is participating in study days or workshops that bring together a diverse group of scholars to approach a theme or issue from multiple vantage.
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Mid-season World Cup should mean less, not more injuries for international stars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/world-cup-blog
Physiotherapy Lecturer, Dr Seth O’Neill, explains why there might be less World Cup injuries than usual.
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Stories of a Different Kind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/12/13/stories-of-a-different-kind/
Stories of a Different Kind - an action research project, culminating in the performance 'Cabinet of Curiosities: How disability was kept in a box', that explores how museum collections can be used to engage audiences in debate and to tackle contemporary social issues...
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Honorary Professor to deliver prestigious Harveian Oration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/harveian-oration-feehally-leicester-professor
John Feehally, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester, will deliver the prestigious 2025 Harveian Oration later this month.
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Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Triumphing in the face of adversity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/triumphing-in-the-face-of-adversity
Corinne’s time at the University of Leicester has, in great part, been shaped by her resilience. Beginning her degree in 2013, she faced a number of personal setbacks, but after five years of hard work and dedication, she graduates this week with her LLB.
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Leicester Professor honoured with global award for life-saving disaster risk work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/nibedita-ray-bennett-disaster-deaths-award
The University of Leicester's Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett has been awarded a prestigious Norio Okada Implementation Science Award for her work on disaster risk management alongside her long-time collaborator, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita (Kansai University).
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Space Park Leicester celebrates International Women's Day with 'New Voices' showcase
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/iwd-space-park
New series of social networking events exclusively tailored for the space community, which encompasses professionals from Space Park Leicester, Space City, and their esteemed partners and collaborators.
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Kontakte and Other Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/10/01/kontakte-and-other-stories/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on October 1, 2014 My short story collection, Kontakte and Other Stories , which was first published in July 2013, has now been republished by Roman Books in a new second edition.