Research and Publications

Areas of Expertise

  • Social and cultural history of the Victorian Era

  • Popular Culture representations of the World Wars

  • First World War Aviation (Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte, and the Flying Ace Image)

  • Literature of the First World War

  • Combat medicine in the World Wars

  • Combat Psychology, Psychiatry and Aviation Psychology and medicine

  • Military welfare practices

  • Luftwaffe

  • The Royal Air Force

  • The Battle of Britain

  • Operation Overlord (D-Day)

  • WWII American Airborne Operations (E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division)

  • American and British Home Fronts in World War I and World War II

  • British imperialism and Commonwealth (Victorian Era to present day)

  • Music, Social Commentary, and Protest in the Cold War Era

    Abby is available to consult on any of these topics, and various others, as well as on the history and legacies of the World Wars in general.

Skills

  • Paper archives

  • Material culture archives

  • Film and art collections

  • Oral histories and sound collections

  • Firearms and military equipment

  • Working with digital and social media

  • Working with schools and young people

  • Working with community organisations

  • Working with collections and archives

  • GIS

  • Project Management

  • Exhibitions and Interpretation

  • Marketing and PR

  • Delivering presentations

Languages

  • English (native)

  • German (professional working proficiency)

  • Norwegian, Bokmål (limited working proficiency)

  • Spanish (limited working proficiency)

Publications

Upcoming Publications

  • Upcoming book chapter on the importance of cultural programming in art museums for service personnel during the Second World War.

  • Upcoming book chapter on the impact of physical space on morale on First World War British aerodromes.

  • Upcoming article on representations of Victorian childhood, aristocracy, and morality through gothic motifs in Black Butler and Moriarty the Patriot.

  • Upcoming book chapter on selective empathy and emotional distance Among First World War Aviators.

Recent Publications