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Author: Helen Roche

Critical Acclaim for 'Sparta's German Children'

Helen's first monograph, Sparta's German Children, has recently received a favourable review in the online humanities forum H-Soz-u-Kult / Historische Bildungsgeschichte Online.Read more...

'Education for Death?'

On 25 February 2014, Helen gave a paper entitled 'Education for Death? The glorification of self-sacrificial heroism in Prussian cadet-school literature' at the Life-Cycles Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London.Read more...

Education for Death? The glorification of self-sacrificial heroism in Prussian cadet-school literature

Presented at the Life-Cycles Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 25 February 2014.Read more...

Writing a History of the Napolas: Problems and perspectives

Presented at the Modern German History Workshop, University of Cambridge, 17 February 2014.Read more...

Engagement to speak at Manchester University

On 13 February 2013, Helen gave a paper at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, on 'Nazi Elite Schools and International Exchange', part of a series of seminars entitled 'Young in Dangerous Times: Children and Youth in Global History'.Read more...

Engagement to speak at Nottingham University

On 11 February 2014, Helen gave a paper to the Classics Department at the University of Nottingham, in association with the university's Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies.Read more...

Nazi Elite Schools and International Exchange

Presented at the University of Manchester as part of a seminar series entitled 'Young in Dangerous Times: Children and Youth in Global History', 13 February 2014.Read more...

Favourable review of 'Sparta's German Children' in Archiv für Sozialgeschichte

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 recently been reviewed in the German journal Archiv für Sozialgeschichte (Vol. 54, 2014).Read more...

Spartan Ideals of Self-Sacrifice and German Military Propaganda

Presented at the Classics Department, University of Nottingham, in association with the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, 11 February 2014.Read more...

Guest Lecture at the University of Münster

On 23 January 2013, Helen gave an invited lecture at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Unversität Münster, under the aegis of the Centre for the History and Culture of the Eastern Mediterranean (Centrum für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mittelmeerraums).Read more...