Month: January 2016
Further critical acclaim for 'Sparta's German Children'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 received a favourable review in the latest issue of the Journal of Hellenic Studies.
The reviewer, Roel Konijnendijk, praises the work's 'fascinating subject' and its 'overall quality', as well as its 'comprehensive' analysis.Read more...
On 22 January 2016, Ali Jones, Clara Maier, Helen Roche, Damian Valdez and Waseem Yaqoob hosted the first of a series of DAAD-funded workshops on 'Herrschaft and Gewalt from the Kaiserreich to the Berlin Republic'.Read more...
Presented at the Modern European History Research Seminar, University of Cambridge, 26 January 2016.Read more...