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• Â鶹ÊÓƵ historian celebrates double book prize win

  Date: 11 Jul 2024

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  Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize...

• Leicester’s Roman and Medieval past explored at Festival of Archaeology

  Date: 5 Jul 2024

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ teams are involved in events and displays across the region for the national Festival of Archaeology.

• True crime wine-tasting event returns to Cardiff to mark Pride Celebrations

  Date: 22 May 2024

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  A popular true crime and wine-tasting evening is returning to Cardiff in June in the lead-up to Pride Cymru weekend.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ history expert to judge non-fiction book prize

  Date: 17 May 2024

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  A Professor of History from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been appointed to the judging panel of this year's PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ gets major funding for project on early medieval manuscripts

  Date: 12 Apr 2024

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ led INSULAR Project has been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council

• Public can celebrate Leicester’s heritage this weekend

  Date: 19 Mar 2024

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  A free event which puts the spotlight on Leicester’s rich heritage takes place this weekend at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

• Medieval prayer guide written by woman to be published for the first time

  Date: 29 Jan 2024

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  Read more about Dr Ben Parson's new book, Two Middle English Prayer Cycles: Holkham Prayers and Meditations and Simon Appulby’s Fruyte of Redempcyon

• Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day

  Date: 23 Jan 2024

  /news/2024/january/wine-and-crime

  Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History

• First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered by Â鶹ÊÓƵ academic

  Date: 1 Sep 2023

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  Professor Kate Loveman of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ for the Museum of London has identified the first witness of the Great Fire of London.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ historian bestowed British Academy honour

  Date: 21 Jul 2023

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  A Â鶹ÊÓƵ expert on imperial and global history has been recognised for their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.