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• Free public event explores the 1911 ‘All India’ cricket tour of England

  Date: 29 Sep 2019

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  A fascinating chapter in cricket history will be explored at a free public event on Tuesday 1 October when Dr Prashant Kidambi, Associate...

• Hitler’s anti-semitism to be explored in public lecture by leading historian

  Date: 25 Sep 2019

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  Author and historian Professor Sir Richard J Evans will visit the Â鶹ÊÓƵ on Thursday 3 October to deliver the annual Aubrey...

• Civil War exhibition draws on Leicester expertise

  Date: 10 Sep 2019

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff and students have contributed research expertise and advice to a new exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in...

• Thought piece: The problem with Apollo

  Date: 16 Jul 2019

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  As the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface approaches, Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Lecturer in International Relations,...

• Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists

  Date: 22 May 2019

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  A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, the only one of its kind ever found...

• Colonial Countryside project featured on A Place in the Country

  Date: 2 May 2019

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  ITV programme explores research into connections between English country houses, Africa, the Caribbean and East India Company.

• Leicester to host national conference on Black British history

  Date: 16 Apr 2019

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the Centre for New Writing is set to host the prestigious Institute of Commonwealth Studies’ 10th Black British...

• ‘Back to the Future’ study informs new Government report

  Date: 31 Jan 2019

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  A Â鶹ÊÓƵ professor has made a major contribution to a new Government report – The Foresight Future of Mobility – being launched...

• Students embark on RAF Stories mission

  Date: 6 Dec 2018

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  History students at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ have teamed up with the RAF Museum, Cosford and students at De Montfort University for a community...

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  Date: 23 Nov 2018

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  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.