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The Importance and Value of Views of England and Wales
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/research/blog/views-england-wales
Views of England and Wales is the latest collection to be added to University of Leicester Special Collections Online. It is the culmination of a project to digitise over 2,000 prints, paintings, drawings and photographs belonging to the Centre for Regional and Local History.
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Leicester researchers design and build instrument to explore the surface of Mercury
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-researchers-design-and-build-instrument-to-explore-the-surface-of-mercury
An instrument designed and built by Leicester researchers, which will help to unlock the secrets of Mercury’s surface, has been shipped from the Space Research Centre to the European Space Agency, where it will be integrated with the BepiColombo spacecraft which is...
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Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/written-in-the-stars-tv-and-radio-science-presenter-professor-jim-al-khalili-to-discuss-the-role-of-determinism-in-our-universe
Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018 Prestige Lecture, hosted at our University, physicist and presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE will lead a whistle-stop tour of modern...
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With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs1017
Module code: HS1017 This module will survey the history of the United States since 1877, introducing you to the key events, issues and themes in order to provide you with a framework for further study in United States history.
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With Liberty and Justice for All? US History since 1776
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs1017
Module code: HS1017 This module will survey the history of the United States since 1877, introducing you to the key events, issues and themes in order to provide you with a framework for further study in United States history.
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History dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3510
Module code: HS3510 The dissertation is an extended piece of historical research on an appropriate topic, chosen following consultation with a member of staff.
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History dissertation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3510
Module code: HS3510 The dissertation is an extended piece of historical research on an appropriate topic, chosen following consultation with a member of staff.
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Leicester scientist discusses one of the most exciting planetary events that well see in our lifetime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-discusses-2018one-of-the-most-exciting-planetary-events-that-we2019ll-see-in-our-lifetime2019
When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometres from Mars on 19 October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history.
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Work of women mathematicians at the University to be celebrated
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/work-of-women-mathematicians-at-the-university-to-be-celebrated
The rise in female actuaries, soap films, Brexit voting patterns and stick man drawings are the very diverse subjects under scrutiny in a series of talks by women mathematicians at our University.
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Online workshop: Global Dress and Migration in History - call for papers
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/global-dress-and-migration-in-history
A call for papers for the online workshop, Global Dress and Migration in History, taking place on 29 and 30 November 2024.