Year: 2014

Hindsight in Greek and Roman History, edited by Anton Powell, to which Helen contributed a chapter entitled 'Spartan Supremacy: A "Possession for Ever"? Early fourth-century expectations of enduring ascendancy' has recently received a favourable review in the German online journal Sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für die Geisteswissenschaften.

The reviewer, Uwe Walter, describes the volume as 'very well worth reading, and likely to enliven further scholarship'.Read more...

On 29 November 2014, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Narrating the Nostoi of the Napolaner: Nazi elite-school pupils' travels during the collapse of the Third Reich' at a conference on 'War, Travel, Travel Writing', University of East Anglia.Read more...

From 27th September 2014 to 18th January 2015, a selection of editions from Helen's comprehensive collection of Prussian cadet-school literature were recently displayed as part of an exhibition at Durham University's Palace Green Library, entitled 'Books for Boys: Heroism, Adventure and Empire at the Dawn of the First World War'.Read more...

On 18 November 2014, Helen gave a lecture, entitled 'When the Nazis came to Dauntsey's', to the 4th and 5th Form History Society and other interested members of the school community at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, Wiltshire.

Dick Hargreaves, a ninety-five-year-old former pupil who participated in the exchange programme, was also present.Read more...

On 18 November 2014, Helen gave a lecture to the 4th and 5th Form History Society at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, Wiltshire, entitled 'When the Nazis came to Dauntsey's'.Read more...

Presented at a conference on War, Travel, Travel Writing, University of East Anglia, 29 November 2014.Read more...

Guest lecture, presented to the 4th and 5th form History Society, Dauntsey's School, 18 November 2014.Read more...

Presented at the Modern German History Workshop, University of Cambridge, 17 November 2014.Read more...

Helen's essay 'Kadettengeschichten: Exploring the Prussian cadet-school story' has just been published in the catalogue for a new exhibition organised by Durham University's Palace Green Library, entitled Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War.

A selection of editions from Helen's comprehensive collection of Prussian cadet-school literature will also be showcased as part of the display. The exhibition, which runs from 27th September 2014 to 11th January 2015, explores boyhood during the earliest years of the twentieth century.Read more...

in Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War, ed. Simon James, Durham (DIAS) 2014, pp. 20-5.

This short essay investigates a little-known genre of German children's literature, the Prussian cadet-school story, exploring the ways in which patriotic feeling and the prospect of a martial career were justified or glorified in volumes such as Paul von Szczepanski’s Spartanerjünglinge (Spartan Youths) and Johannes van Dewall’s Kadettengeschichten (Cadet-Tales).Read more...