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Die Napolas in Geschichte und Erinnerung

Public lecture, presented at the Ratsaal des Bürgerhauses, Nordhausen Town Hall, Nordhausen am Harz, 9 May 2025.Read more...

'Die Pfanne hoch! Die Bratkartoffeln warten…': Exploring Mockery and Humorous "Resistance" by Nazi Elite-School Pupils

Keynote paper, delivered at an international interdisciplinary conference on 'Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism', University of Durham, 28 March 2025.Read more...

Digital Cultures and Digital Curation: Three Current History Research Initiatives

Presented at the Digital Humanities Town Hall, University of Durham, 19 March 2025.Read more...

The Third Reich's Elite Schools

Invited lecture, given to students at Durham Sixth Form Centre, 18 March 2026.Read more...

Fascism and Political Play

Invited presentation, presented at the Durham University Game Studies Mindgames Workshop, University of Durham, 6 March 2025.Read more...

Oral History und die Ziele des Projekts

Invited paper, presented at a workshop on 'Forgotten Voices', Institut für Geschichtsdidaktik und Public History, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 26 September 2024.Read more...

Reflecting on the Project: Recording / Archiving / Exploring Forgotten Voices of Former Pupils from Nazi Elite-Schools

Invited presentation, presented jointly with Alan Fentiman (film-maker) and Alex Chisholm-Loxley (composer), at a workshop on 'Forgotten Voices', Institut für Geschichtsdidaktik und Public History, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 25 September 2024.Read more...

Fascism, Nazism, and the Lure of Mythic Antiquity

Guest lecture, presented at the Institute of History, University of San Sebastián, Santiago de Chile, 22 August 2024.Read more...

Nostalgia for a Non-Existent Past? Fascist and Neo-fascist Appeals to Classical Antiquity

Presented at an international online workshop on 'Politicised Nostalgias', University of Northampton, 12 July 2024.Read more...

Abusing Antiquity? Conceptual, Methodological and Ethical Reflections on Researching Classics and the Alt-Right

Keynote paper, presented at an international interdisciplinary symposium on Abusing Antiquity?, St Aidan’s College, University of Durham, 14 November 2023.Read more...