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Opening of Opening of 'Napola Potsdam' exhibition

On 7 May 2025, the exhibition on which Helen has been collaborating with Brandenburg's State Centre for Civic Education (Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung) officially opened. The exhibition, which runs until 8 October, explores the history of the Napola in Potsdam, current site of the Brandenburg State Government, and draws extensively on Helen's research.Read more...

New publications in 2025New publications in 2025

Helen has recently published a chapter in Miniatures: A Reader in the History of Everyday Life, entitled 'Diary of a Schoolboy in Nazi Germany', as well as publishing a review in the English Historical Review of Mary Fulbrook's monograph Bystander Society.Read more...

Appointment as Editor-in-Chief of "Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies"Appointment as Editor-in-Chief of "Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies"

Helen has just been appointed as co-Editor-in-Chief of Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. Having moved from Brill, the journal is being relaunched by Central European University Press, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press.Read more...

Release of 'Real Dictators' series on Mussolini

Helen recently contributed to the latest series of the podcast 'Real Dictators', featuring the life and times of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. You can listen to the series on BBC Sounds here.Read more...

IAS Research Development Funding Award: '"Gaming" History?'

Helen and Dr. Ladan Cockshut have just been awarded Research Development funding from Durham University's Institute of Advanced Study for a project which will bring together academic historians and game developers to see what each group can learn from the other.Read more...

Election to Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society

In September 2024, Helen was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).Read more...

Invitation to Lecture at the University of San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile

In August 2024, Helen has been invited to lecture at the University of San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile, hosted by Associate Professor in Modern European History, Dr. Jorge Dagnino. Her featured work will focus on the use of classical antiquity by the Italian Fascist and German National Socialist regimes.Read more...

New Publications on German Perceptions of ItalyNew Publications on German Perceptions of Italy

Helen has recently published two new articles in the leading historical journals Ricerche Storiche and European History Quarterly; 'Italiani Cattiva Gente? Anti-Italian Stereotypes and the Obfuscation of War Crimes in German Perpetrator Narratives from the Italian Theatre of War' (with Dario Pasquini), and 'Nazi Elite-School Pupils as Youth Ambassadors Between Fascist Italy and the Third Reich'.Read more...

Christopherson-Knott Fellowship at Durham's Institute of Advanced Study

In 2023-2024, Helen has been appointed as a Christopherson-Knott Foundation Fellow at Durham University's Institute of Advanced Study, leading a Major Interdisciplinary Research Project as part of the Institute's programme for the academic year.Read more...

'The Third Reich's Elite Schools' Now Out in Paperback

Helen's monograph The Third Reich's Elite Schools: A History of the Napolas has now been released in an affordable paperback edition. To purchase a copy, you can visit the Oxford University Press website here.Read more...