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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...