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On 7 July 2016, Helen gave a presentation to the Cambridge Teacher Seminar entitled 'Living History: Is the history of the recent past different?'Read more...
On 16 June 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Childhood under National Socialism: A truly "Horrible History"?' at the inaugural conference of the UK Children's History Society, 'Horrible Histories? Children's Lives in Historical Contexts'.Read more...
New Publication: "Herrschaft durch Schulung"Helen's article 'Herrschaft durch Schulung: The Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalten im Osten and the Third Reich's Germanising mission' has recently been published in an edited volume entitled Nationalsozialismus und Regionalbewusstsein im östlichen Europa. Ideologie, Machtausbau, Beharrung (National Socialism and Regional Consciousness in Eastern Europe: Ideology, Construction of Power, Persistence), edited by Burkhard Olschowsky and Ingo Loose.Read more...
On 6 May 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Contested Youth? The instrumentalisation of testimony in life-writing by former Nazi elite-school pupils' at an international conference entitled 'Life of Testimony / Testimony of Lives: A Life-Writing Conference', at Queen Mary, University of London.Read more...
Contribution to Edexcel A-level textbookAn essay by Helen on Hitler's foreign policy, commissioned by Hodder Education, has now appeared in the publisher's new Edexcel-approved A-level textbook, entitled History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe.
The textbook is intended to encourage students to develop high-level skills in historical studies.Read more...
On 6 April 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Between Forgetting and Demonisation: Nazi elite-school pupils and German collective memory' at a conference on 'Places of Amnesia', held at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge.Read more...
'Renegotiating History in Light of the Greek Crisis': Workshop at the University of OxfordOn 16 March 2016, Helen presented a paper entitled 'A Love-Hate Relationship? The impact of historical philhellenism on Germany's view of the "Greek Crisis"' at a workshop held at the Taylor Institution, University of Oxford.
The student-led workshop was organised under the auspices of the UK Society for Modern Greek Studies and the Sub-Faculty of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford, with the support of the Onassis Foundation. The workshop also formed part of "The Cultural Politics of the Greek Crisis" research network.Read more...
On 17 February 2016, Helen Roche and Yvonne Zivkovic hosted Lucy Cavendish College's termly Anna Bidder Research Evening, presenting two talks addressing the theme of 'Difficult Heritage? Exploring German History and Culture in the 21st Century'.Read more...
New Publication: "Xenophon and the Nazis"
Helen's article 'Xenophon and the Nazis: A case study in the politicisation of Greek thought through educational propaganda' has now been published in the January 2016 issue of Classical Receptions Journal.
The article forms part of a special issue on The Legacy of Greek Political Thought, edited by Barbara Goff and Miriam Leonard.Read more...
Further critical acclaim for 'Sparta's German Children'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 received a favourable review in the latest issue of the Journal of Hellenic Studies.
The reviewer, Roel Konijnendijk, praises the work's 'fascinating subject' and its 'overall quality', as well as its 'comprehensive' analysis.Read more...