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Month: February 2014

Education for Death? The glorification of self-sacrificial heroism in Prussian cadet-school literature

Presented at the Life-Cycles Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 25 February 2014.Read more...

Writing a History of the Napolas: Problems and perspectives

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

Engagement to speak at Manchester University

On 13 February 2013, Helen gave a paper at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, on 'Nazi Elite Schools and International Exchange', part of a series of seminars entitled 'Young in Dangerous Times: Children and Youth in Global History'.Read more...

Engagement to speak at Nottingham University

On 11 February 2014, Helen gave a paper to the Classics Department at the University of Nottingham, in association with the university's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies.Read more...

Nazi Elite Schools and International Exchange

Presented at the University of Manchester as part of a seminar series entitled 'Young in Dangerous Times: Children and Youth in Global History', 13 February 2014.Read more...

Favourable review of 'Sparta's German Children' in Archiv für Sozialgeschichte

Helen's first monograph, Sparta's German Children: The ideal of ancient Sparta in the Royal Prussian Cadet Corps, 1818-1920, and in National Socialist elite schools (the Napolas), 1933-1945, has recently been reviewed in the German journal Archiv für Sozialgeschichte (Vol. 54, 2014).Read more...