HYPIR - History, Politics and International Relations, Uni of Leicester

02/02/2026

📢 HYPIR CAREERS PANEL
📅 4 Feb 2026
🕑 1-2:30pm
📍Maurice Shock LT 1

02/10/2025

History at Leicester has a long and proud history of its own. Our historians carry on this legacy of world-leading research and teaching, and we hope to do so for the next 100+ years!

(🎨 by PhD student Rob Hedge)

22/09/2025

Did you submit an undergraduate or masters dissertation on the 24/25 academic year? Was it about any aspect of family history? Was it for a degree at a UK university? If so, consider submitting it for the Phil Batman Family History Prize!

15/08/2024

Good luck to everyone getting their results today! We can’t wait to welcome you in September!

We’re open for clearing. Call our lovely team if you’re interested in , , or@one of our joint honours degrees!

📱 0116 373 6000

17/07/2024

The Centre for Regional and Local History and Black Cultural Archives are offering three studentships to undertake an MA in History (Local History pathway) at the University of Leicester in 2024-25.

The studentships include a semester-long placement at the Black Cultural Archives in London.

For more information, visit https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/funding/len-garrison-scholarship

Black Cultural Archives and the University of Leicester Centre for Regional and Local History (CRLH) have partnered to offer three MA studentships to eligible students in honour of CRLH alumnus and BCA co-founder, Len Garrison.

The studentships will be offered for the 2024-25 academic year, enabling three students to complete the MA History (Local History Pathway). This includes a semester-long placement at Black Cultural Archives at 1 Windrush Square.

Len Garrison pursued his master's education at Leicester University, where he earned a degree in Local History. This academic background played a crucial role in shaping his approach to heritage and archival work. Garrison co-founded Black Cultural Archives in 1981, the UK's leading institution dedicated to collecting, preserving, and celebrating the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. Under his guidance, BCA amassed a vast collection of photographs, documents, and oral histories, providing an invaluable resource for research and education. His work at BCA was instrumental in ensuring that the contributions and experiences of Black Britons were recognised and recorded for future generations.

For more information on the scholarships including eligibility, timelines, and deadlines, please visit https://buff.ly/3S7I2MZ

10/06/2024

📢 The next HyPI Lab event is a historic pub crawl!

🍻 East Midlands Oral History Archive's own Colin Hyde will be leading a walking tour of historic pubs in the city (drinking is not required)

🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏰ 5.30pm
📍 The Castle Pub

26/04/2024

24/04/2024

Students on Centre for Urban History University of Leicester's Urban Conservation MA learning all about historic structures and how to maintain them without damaging them using techniques from the conservation cleaning specialists at Restorative Techniques. Included having a go at cleaning a historic bridge

Want to know more? 👉 https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma/2024

19/04/2024

Very excited for this *FREE* The British Academy Lecture by Professor John Steele!

☄️ The place of theory in Babylonian astral science

🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏰ 5:30-6:30pm
📍 Bennett Lecture Theatre 1, University of Leicester

🔗 https://tickettailor.com/events/uolevents/1095695

Leicester Medieval Research Centre

12/04/2024

Our wonderful colleague Prof. Jo Story has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant for a project that will look at 'Insular' manuscripts written between C600 and 900 and held in libraries across Europe, working with colleagues from the Universities of Göttingen (Germany), KU-Leuven (Belgium) and Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) as well as the BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford and the McDonald Institute (Cambridge Archaeology) in Cambridge (UK).

Jo's project 'aims, for the first time, to study the whole corpus of these books, using well established techniques to understand developments in script and art as well as the methods of making the manuscripts and their contents. Additionally, we will be deploying cutting-edge methods involving new digital imaging techniques as well as genetics and palaeoproteomics, to better understand both the movement of manuscripts and early medieval monastic economies via analysis of the calfskin parchment used for making these books.'

Congratulations Jo! 🎉

Image: Luke, from British Library, Add MS 40618
Leicester Medieval Research Centre

12/04/2024

'30 years after: A memorial event for the Genocide Against the Tutsi'

🗓 29 April
⏰ 4-6 pm BST
📍 Attenborough 101/MS Teams

🔗(In-person) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/30-years-aftera-memorial-event-for-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi-inperson-tickets-870955339867?aff=oddtdtcreator

🔗 (Online) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-30-years-after-a-memorial-event-for-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi-tickets-870964437077?aff=oddtdtcreator

📣Join us on 29 April in person or online to commemorate: '30 years after: A memorial event for the Genocide Against the Tutsi', in collab with Heritage Hub and , taking place University of Leicester, Att 101, 4-6 pm BST, co-org by SBC's Georgia Parsisson HYPIR - History, Politics and International Relations, Uni of Leicester, registration and details👇
In person event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/30-years-aftera-memorial-event-for-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi-inperson-tickets-870955339867?aff=oddtdtcreator

Online event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-30-years-after-a-memorial-event-for-the-genocide-against-the-tutsi-tickets-870964437077?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/03/2024

Save the Date!

The University of Leicester Heritage Hub is holding its annual Celebration of Heritage on 23 March.

This free event will include an exciting range of activities for all ages. Join us to explore and celebrate the history and heritage of our region. All are welcome. Full programme to follow.

⏰ 11am-4pm
📍 Percy Gee Building, University of Leicester campus