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Month: March 2012

Critique of the portrayal of the Prussian Cadet Corps in Jörg MuthCritique of the portrayal of the Prussian Cadet Corps in Jörg Muth's 'Command Culture' (2011)

An informal blog review considering the flaws in Jörg Muth's portrayal of the Prussian Cadet Corps in chapter 3 of his monograph Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World War II (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2011).Read more...

Xenophon and the Nazis, or: How to read the 'Anabasis' in the Third Reich, and other Classical classroom propaganda

Presented at the 81st Anglo-American Conference of Historians, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 6 July 2012.Read more...

Classics Confidential interview featured on OU website

Helen was recently interviewed about her PhD-research by Dr. Jessica Hughes of Classics Confidential, the Open University’s vodcasting site for Classical ‘news, gossip and curiosities’. The interview has now been featured in an article on the Open University's website, entitled 'Bitesize interviews take a closer look at Classical Studies'.Read more...