Month: November 2014
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...
"Books for Boys" Exhibition at Palace Green Library, University of DurhamFrom 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...
"When the Nazis came to Dauntsey's": Lecture at Dauntsey's SchoolOn 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...