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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...
On 22 January 2016, Ali Jones, Clara Maier, Helen Roche, Damian Valdez and Waseem Yaqoob hosted the first of a series of DAAD-funded workshops on 'Herrschaft and Gewalt from the Kaiserreich to the Berlin Republic'.Read more...
Helen's article 'Surviving Stunde Null: Narrating the fate of Nazi elite-school pupils during the collapse of the Third Reich', has recently been published in the December 2015 issue of German History.
The article was also awarded the periodical's "Best Article of 2015 Prize".Read more...
Helen and Dr Katharina Karcher were recently interviewed by Victoria Craw of the Australian News Corporation, in conjunction with a film-screening and panel discussion which they hosted at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas on Friday 30 October.Read more...
On 30 October 2015, Helen took part in a film-screening and panel discussion centred around Andres Veiel's award-winning film Der Kick (2006), along with Dr Katharina Karcher, Dr Jeffrey Murer, and Dr Emmanuel Karagiannis. The event formed part of this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas.Read more...