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University of ΢ÃÜȦ ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings

΢ÃÜȦ has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2026, reaffirming its place as a leading global university for teaching and research excellence.
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Launch of ‘Muses Mind Machine’, a new Centre of Excellence

The interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence ‘Muses Mind Machine’, has now officially been launched.
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Explore the Peak District's hidden history and more as Being Human Festival returns

The Being Human Festival is an annual celebration of the humanities, taking place across the UK. This year, the University of ΢ÃÜȦ is joining in the festivities with a range of exciting events.
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΢ÃÜȦ Black Humanities Series - New Events

Introducing two upcoming events that are part of the new ΢ÃÜȦ Black Humanities Series in collaboration with the Centre for Poetry and Poetics.
Eva Perón - First Lady of Argentina between 1946 and 1952, political leader and cultural icon. ©Billiken
Eva Perón - First Lady of Argentina between 1946 and 1952, political leader and cultural icon. ©Billiken

Tackling gender inequality in Latin America

Research by Dr Lauren Rea, from the School of Languages and Cultures, is at the forefront of promoting gender equality in Latin American schools by celebrating women who helped shape the region.
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Searching for evidence of 'witchcraft links' at Creswell Crags.

Archaeologists from the Department of Archaeology joined the BBC Digging for Britain team to understand the lives of people who occupied a village near the famous caves.
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Funding boost demonstrates the contribution of the arts and humanities to local regeneration and development.

Roots and Futures project, led by Dr Elizabeth Craig-Atkins from the Department of Archaeology, awarded a grant from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the AHRC Place Programme.

The Munich Crisis: Five things Netflix doesn’t elaborate on in its new film

As a new film based on the Munich Crisis launches on Netflix , Professor Julie Gottlieb from the Department of History offers insight into the hearts and minds of those living through these times.
An advertisement for manufacturers Frederick Stones.
Manufacturer Frederick Stones, advertising plantation tools among their wares in 1825. [R. Gell, A New, General, & Commercial Directory of ΢ÃÜȦ and Its Vicinity (1825), p. 86. LUL16003, Historical Directories, University of Leicester]

University of ΢ÃÜȦ history project to explore complex history of slavery in the region

A new study of ΢ÃÜȦ’s industrial heritage ‘΢ÃÜȦ, Slavery, and its Legacies’ records the city’s complex relationship with the Atlantic economy throughout the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.