/ 2016

Year: 2016

Public lecture in Nordhausen makes a media splashPublic lecture in Nordhausen makes a media splash

On 24 October 2016, Helen gave a public lecture at Nordhausen's Museum Tabakspeicher, entitled 'Napola Ilfeld and other Nazi Elite Schools in Central Germany', organised by Town Archivist Dr. Wolfram Theilemann, in conjunction with the Nordhausen Society for History and Antiquity. The lecture also attracted attention in the local media.Read more...

'Places of Amnesia' panel at Memory Studies Association conference

On 5 December 2016, Helen convened and spoke at a panel on 'Places of Amnesia', part of a conference entitled 'Thinking through the Future of Memory', the inaugural meeting of the Memory Studies Association, University of Amsterdam.Read more...

'Places of Amnesia' and Postwar German Memory Culture

Presented at 'Thinking through the Future of Memory', the inaugural conference of the Memory Studies Association, University of Amsterdam, 5 December 2016.Read more...

New Review Essay: Books worth (re)reading

Helen's review essay, 'Books worth (re)reading', featuring important works on childhood by George Eisen, Nicholas Stargardt, Heidi Rosenbaum, Bastian Fleermann and Benedikt Mauer, has recently been published in a special issue of the International Journal of Play, entitled Histories of Play, edited by Kate Darian-Smith and Simon Sleight.Read more...

'Spartan pedagogy, German style?'

On 12 November 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Spartan pedagogy, German style? Prussian military education and the Spartanparadigm' at an international conference on the theme 'Married to the Military: Soldier's Families in the Ancient World and Beyond', organised by the Open University in London.Read more...

Invitation to speak at the Wolfson College Humanities Society

On 8 November 2016, Helen presented a lecture to the Wolfson College Humanities Society entitled 'Researching Children's Histories under the Third Reich: Some challenges explored'.Read more...

Spartan pedagogy, German style? Prussian military education and the Spartan paradigm

Presented at an international conference entitled 'Married to the Military: Soldier's Families in the Ancient World and Beyond', The Open University in London, 12 November 2016.Read more...

Researching Children's Histories under the Third Reich: Some challenges explored

Invited lecture, presented to the Wolfson College Humanities Society, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, 8 November 2016.Read more...

Public lecture in Nordhausen makes a media splash

On 24 October 2016, Helen gave a public lecture at Nordhausen's Museum Tabakspeicher on 'Napola Ilfeld and other Nazi Elite Schools in Central Germany', which attracted a record-breaking audience of 130, as well as gaining a variety of local media coverage.Read more...

Public lecture in Nordhausen

On 24 October 2016, Helen gave a public lecture at the Museum Tabakspeicher, Nordhausen am Harz, entitled 'Die Napola Ilfeld und andere NS-Eliteanstalten in Mitteldeutschland'.Read more...