Author: Helen Roche

On 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...

Helen's essay 'Kadettengeschichten: Exploring the Prussian cadet-school story' has just been published in the catalogue for a new exhibition organised by Durham University's Palace Green Library, entitled Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War.

A selection of editions from Helen's comprehensive collection of Prussian cadet-school literature will also be showcased as part of the display. The exhibition, which runs from 27th September 2014 to 11th January 2015, explores boyhood during the earliest years of the twentieth century.Read more...

in Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War, ed. Simon James, Durham (DIAS) 2014, pp. 20-5.

This short essay investigates a little-known genre of German children's literature, the Prussian cadet-school story, exploring the ways in which patriotic feeling and the prospect of a martial career were justified or glorified in volumes such as Paul von Szczepanski’s Spartanerjünglinge (Spartan Youths) and Johannes van Dewall’s Kadettengeschichten (Cadet-Tales).Read more...

On 1 August 2014, Helen presented a paper entitled '"The Cadets are Revolting": Reactionary violence, the Freikorps, and the legacy of the “Great” war for the Royal Prussian Cadet-Corps' at an international conference entitled 'Perspectives on the "Great War" / Rückblick auf den ersten Weltkrieg', Queen Mary, University of London.Read more...

Presented at an international conference entitled 'Perspectives on the "Great War" / Rückblick auf den ersten Weltkrieg', Queen Mary, University of London, 1 August 2014.Read more...

Helen's review of Moritz Föllmer's monograph Individuality and Modernity in Berlin: Self and Society from Weimar to the Wall (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), has recently been published in the Book Reviews section of the Wiener Library Blog.Read more...