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• Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison

  Date: 13 May 2025

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  Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ free of charge, thanks to a scholarship set up to...

• Exhibition brings Leicester’s Second World War voices to life to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversary

  Date: 7 May 2025

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  The voices of Leicester people who lived through the Second World War can now be heard on a website launched in time for the 80th anniversary of...

• Family friendly free event to showcase the region’s heritage

  Date: 28 Feb 2025

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  A free family friendly event which puts the spotlight on the rich heritage of our city and region takes place at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ on...

• Leicester historian’s ‘elegant pages’ that provided the script for last coronation

  Date: 3 May 2023

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  Details of Â鶹ÊÓƵ historian’s contribution to the design and printing of the Order of Service for the coronation of Queen...

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ 

  Date: 3 Oct 2022

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  Â鶹ÊÓƵ is staging a new exhibition and series of events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged...

• 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...

• 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.

• 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...

• Telling the story of Leicestershire’s first university

  Date: 16 Oct 2018

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  Professor Gordon Campbell is delivering a lecture on the history of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

• New online resource for local historians

  Date: 13 Sep 2017

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  A new website makes available all the PhD theses completed by students at the Centre for English Local History.