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• How the enclosure of common land sparked riots revolts and resistance in the Midlands

  Date: 25 Apr 2017

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  A series of riots by angry farmers opposing the enclosure of common land in the Midlands in 1607 will be the subject of this year’s Hoskins...

• Student project explores the experiences of women who entered into mixed Black Caribbean and White British relationships in Leicester between 1948 and the 1970s

  Date: 28 Mar 2017

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  A local mature student studying at our University is keen to hear from women willing to share information about relationships they are in/have had...

• How forensic statistics nailed the identity of the Last Plantagenet

  Date: 21 Mar 2017

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  A Leicester historian who carried out a genealogical study of King Richard III will give a talk on Tuesday 28 March at the University’s Centre for...

• New project to identify Jack the Rippers last known victim

  Date: 9 Mar 2017

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  Members of the team who undertook genealogical and demographic research in relation to the discovery of the mortal remains of King Richard III...

• New digital map remembers Vanished Leicester

  Date: 26 Jan 2017

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  Leicester researchers have developed a new digital map of ‘Vanished Leicester’ which shows the transformation of the city in recent decades.

• Leicester historian takes Hairy Bikers through Yorkshires past pubs

  Date: 13 Apr 2016

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  A new BBC series following the popular Hairy Bikers on a tour of historic British pubs features a historian from our University in its opening...

• Medicine and welfare in British Civil Wars to be examined at new exhibition

  Date: 16 Mar 2016

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  Surgeons who could remove a bladder stone in 50 seconds, military hospitals run with stern hygiene standards and a complex system of war pensions...

• Historian helps to develop 54 million National Civil War Centre

  Date: 24 Sep 2015

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  Dr Andrew Hopper (pictured) from the Centre for English Local History has helped to develop a £5.

• Conference to explore the lasting scars of conflict

  Date: 6 Aug 2015

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  Military welfare during the British Civil Wars and how the lasting scars of these conflicts influenced the nation for generations to come will be...

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week

  Date: 5 Feb 2015

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  Professor Norman Housley from the School of History has written an article about the BBC drama 'Wolf Hall', which portrays aspects of Tudor life,...