Author: Helen Roche
Presented to the Cambridge Teacher Seminar as part of a series of invited lectures on 'Why History Matters', Westcott House, University of Cambridge, 7 July 2016.Read more...
'Sport, Leibeserziehung und vormilitärische Ausbildung in den Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalten: Eine “radikale” Revolution der körperlichen Bildung im Rahmen der NS- “Gesamterziehung”?'in Beiträge zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus 32, 2016 (special issue on Sport und Nationalsozialismus, ed. Frank Becker, Ralf Schäfer), pp. 173-96.
Right from their very inception, sport was always a crucial part of life at the Napolas, the most prominent type of Nazi elite-school. From the gruelling physical aspects of the entrance examination, to the wealth of extracurricular opportunities provided for learning exotic or elite types of sport such as riding, fencing, sailing and skiing, pupils’ time was dedicated as much to physical training and exercise as to academic pursuits.Read more...
Helen's review of Daniel M. Knight's new monograph History, Time, and Economic Crisis in Central Greece (2015) and a new edition of Sheila Lecoeur's study Mussolini’s Greek Island: Fascism and the Italian Occupation of Syros in World War II (2015), has just been published in Reviews in History.Read more...
On 7 July 2016, Helen gave a presentation to the Cambridge Teacher Seminar entitled 'Living History: Is the history of the recent past different?'Read more...
On 16 June 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Childhood under National Socialism: A truly "Horrible History"?' at the inaugural conference of the UK Children's History Society, 'Horrible Histories? Children's Lives in Historical Contexts'.Read more...
Presented at the inaugural conference of the Children's History Society, 'Horrible Histories? Children's Lives in Historical Contexts', King's College London, 16 June 2016.Read more...
Contribution to Edexcel A-level textbookAn essay on Hitler's foreign policy, commissioned by Hodder Education, has now appeared in the publisher's new Edexcel-approved A-level textbook, entitled History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe.
The textbook, edited by Peter Clements, Robin Bunce, Sarah Ward, Mark Gosling, and Andrew Flint, is intended to encourage students to develop high-level skills in historical studies by providing a stimulating mixture of expert narrative and extended reading, including bespoke essays from leading academics.Read more...
New Publication: "Herrschaft durch Schulung"Helen's article 'Herrschaft durch Schulung: The Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten im Osten and the Third Reich's Germanising mission' has recently been published in an edited volume entitled Nationalsozialismus und Regionalbewusstsein im östlichen Europa. Ideologie, Machtausbau, Beharrung (National Socialism and Regional Consciousness in Eastern Europe: Ideology, Construction of Power, Persistence), edited by Burkhard Olschowsky and Ingo Loose.Read more...
Presented at an international conference entitled 'Life of Testimony / Testimony of Lives: A Life-Writing Conference', Queen Mary, University of London, 6 May 2016.Read more...
On 6 May 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Contested Youth? The instrumentalisation of testimony in life-writing by former Nazi elite-school pupils' at an international conference entitled 'Life of Testimony / Testimony of Lives: A Life-Writing Conference', at Queen Mary, University of London.Read more...