Dr Appleby is interested in supervising student research in several areas of early modern British history, such as:
The British Civil Wars 1639-1652
The Commonwealth and Protectorate 1649-1660
The Restoration 1660-1685
Crime and punishment in early modern England 1500-1750
Early modern preaching
Early modern Essex and its hinterlands
Early modern Staffordshire and its hinterlands
Dr Appleby is currently co-supervisor for two Nottingham PhD theses and one Midlands3Cities PhD thesis * 'The impact of civil war on landed society in the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries: a comparative study' * 'Royalists and reconciliation' * 'The experience of war widows and orphans in the Midlands during the mid-seventeenth century'
Whilst working in Nottingham, Dr Appleby has contributed to Humanities and Hallward library blogs, fronted a television program on the history of Notts County, appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show, The Third Degree, appeared as an British Civil Wars expert on BBC Radio Nottingham and undertaken several interviews for local and national newspapers.
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