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On 23 June 2018, Helen presented a paper entitled 'National Socialist Elite-School Pupils on the Move: The Nazi Exchange Programmes with British Public Schools' at the second biennial conference of the Children's History Society, Children and Youth on the Move, which was held at the University of Greenwich.Read more...
New Publication: 'The Peculiarities of German Philhellenism'Helen's article 'The Peculiarities of German Philhellenism' has just been published in The Historical Journal.
This review essay surveys historiographical developments in the literature on German philhellenism which have emerged in the past dozen years (2004–16), drawing on research in German studies, classical philology and reception studies, Modern Greek studies, intellectual history, philosophy, art history, and archaeology.Read more...
New Publication: Antisemitismus und EliteerziehungHelen has just published an article entitled 'Antisemitismus und Eliteerziehung in den Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalten' in the newsletter of the Stiftung niedersächsische Gedenkstätten (2017).
This year's newsletter, edited by Jens Wagner, is entitled Schwerpunktthema – Kindheit im Nationalsozialismus. The edition features articles on childhood under National Socialism.Read more...
On 8 June 2018, Helen organised a one-day interdisciplinary workshop entitled 'What Remains? Fascist Antiquities and Materialities from the Interwar Era to the Present Day', at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.Read more...
On 28 May 2018, Helen gave a paper entitled 'The Allure of Fascism' to the Institute of Advanced Studies work-in-progress seminar, University College London.Read more...
On 12 April 2018, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Between Innocence and Implication? Approaching Testimonies from Former Nazi Elite-School Pupils' at an international conference on Culture and its Uses as Testimony, University of Birmingham, organised by Sara Jones and Roger Woods.Read more...
Helen's review of Erika Fischer-Lichte's Tragedy's Endurance: Performances of Greek Tragedies and Cultural Identity in Germany since 1800 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) has recently appeared in The Classical Review. Read more...
On 26 March 2018, Helen presented a paper entitled 'The Nazification of Classics-Teaching during the Third Reich' at the Classics Departmental Seminar, Kings College London.Read more...
On 13 March 2018, Helen presented a paper entitled 'Classicising Chronopolitics: Appropriating Antiquity in Mussolini's "Third Rome" and Hitler's “Third Reich”' at the University of Oslo.Read more...
On 1 March 2018, Helen presented a lecture entitled 'Fascism and the Classics' to pupils at Cranleigh School, Surrey.Read more...