Author: Helen Roche
Helen's review of Christian Ingrao's monograph Believe and Destroy: Intellectuals in the SS War Machine (2013) has just been published in the Book Reviews section of the Wiener Library Blog.Read more...
Presented at a conference entitled 'ExpertInnen Workshop: Die Klosterkammer in der NS-Zeit - Relevante Fragen, Quellenlage, vorläufige Thesen', Institut für Didaktik der Demokratie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 17 April 2015.Read more...
On 17 April 2015, Helen presented a paper at a two-day conference organised by the Leibniz Universität Hannover's Institut für Didaktik der Demokratie, entitled 'ExpertInnen Workshop: Die Klosterkammer in der NS-Zeit - Relevante Fragen, Quellenlage, vorläufige Thesen'.Read more...
Further acclaim for 'Sparta's German Children'Helen's 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 been critically acclaimed in the most recent issue of The Classical Review.
The reviewer, Philipp Strauss, praises the book’s quality and the convincing nature of its arguments, concluding that it makes 'a valuable contribution to the research on the mirage spartiate and its transformation in modern societies, as well as to the history of educational institutions'.Read more...
On 16 January 2015, Helen presented a paper entitled 'The Challenges of Engaging with Childhood under the Nazi Regime' at a conference on 'Challenges in the History of Childhood', Queen Mary, University of London.Read more...
Presented at an international conference on Challenges in the History of Childhood, Queen Mary, University of London, 16 January 2015.Read more...
Favourable review for 'Hindsight' volumeHindsight in Greek and Roman History, edited by Anton Powell, to which Helen contributed a chapter entitled 'Spartan Supremacy: A "Possession for Ever"? Early fourth-century expectations of enduring ascendancy' has recently received a favourable review in the German online journal Sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für die Geisteswissenschaften.
The reviewer, Uwe Walter, describes the volume as 'very well worth reading, and likely to enliven further scholarship'.Read more...
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...