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The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/muslim-veil
Read the article "The Muslim veil: a symbol of terror?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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The Taliban Sources Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/06/the-taliban-sources-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 6, 2020 The Taliban Sources Project (TSP) is one of few Taliban documentation projects in existence and includes the cultural, social, and legal output for the years 1979-2011.
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary
Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015
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Sounds for the Future
https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/sounds-for-the-future
Special Collections and the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) running a new project, 'Sounds for the Future'. The project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and will run from May 2022 to October 2023.
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Big Band raise the bar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/big-band-raise-the-bar
Talented students making up the University’s Big Band have wowed crowds and judges alike with their performances at the National Festival of Music for Youth.
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Approaching the Gender Kidney Donation Gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/11/11/approaching-the-gender-kidney-donation-gap/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on November 11, 2018 In the corner of the medical ethics community where I write, it sometimes feels as though it is taken for granted that organ sale would increase the number of ‘donated’ kidneys.
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Rutland Roman villa: how we found one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/rutland-roman
The discovery of a previously unknown Roman villa in rural Rutland during the 2020 lockdown was one of the archaeological stories of the year. Villas are emblematic features of the Roman countryside, and many are known across Britain. But this new discovery is unique.
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What did you learn at the museum today?
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/what-did-you-learn-1
What did you learn at the museum today? was the first national, large-scale study to focus on the learning outcomes of school visits to museums.
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Two upcoming poetry events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/11/11/two-upcoming-poetry-event/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on November 11, 2014 Science, Poetry and Creative Writing, 11-12.15pm on Sunday 16 November, Bristol Mercure Holland House.
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New course to teach how modern museums can improve health and human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-course-to-teach-how-modern-museums-can-improve-health-and-human-rights
The world’s first ‘Massive Open Online Course’ (MOOC) in Museum Studies is to be launched by the University, providing people with the opportunity to learn about how the modern 21st century museum can contribute to agendas such as social justice, human rights and health and...