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• Hidden inscriptions hint at mystery medieval woman’s identity

  Date: 29 November 2022

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  Drawings and the name ‘Eadburg’ found scratched into early medieval manuscript by Â鶹ÊÓƵ PhD student.

• University’s Centre for Regional and Local History launches new research spaces

  Date: 4 October 2022

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Centre for English Local History will relaunch as the Centre for Regional and Local History from Wednesday (5 October).

• UN space threats group to hear from Â鶹ÊÓƵ expert

  Date: 15 September 2022

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  The United Nations is to hear from a Â鶹ÊÓƵ expert on space politics on how to regulate military activity in space.

• University holds series of public events to mark Leicester’s migration history

  Date: 22 August 2022

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working in conjunction with partners to hold five public events on the recent history of migration to the city.

• Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich

  Date: 28 July 2022

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums...

• Holocaust Memorial Day: The catalyst for change

  Date: 27 January 2022

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  Thursday, 27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to reflect on the past to safeguard the future.

• Leicester historians guest edit Centenary journal edition

  Date: 12 October 2021

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  Leading historians from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have guest edited a special Centenary issue of the prestigious Howard Journal of Crime and...

• Paralympic Gold for Leicester sports scholar

  Date: 29 August 2021

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has won Gold as part of Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad at the...

• Two new Heads of School announced

  Date: 2 August 2021

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  Two new Heads of School have been appointed within the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CSSAH).

• University historian drives successful campaign for Leicestershire flag

  Date: 20 July 2021

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  The county of Leicestershire has ended its 1,000-year wait for an official flag, thanks to the work of a historian based at the University of...