Michele Osherow Presents at University of Edinburgh Conference on Esther Inglis

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:01:10 -0500

English faculty Michele Osherow presented at the University of Edinburgh conference "Esther Inglis in Contexts and Culture" in October. The conference commemorated the writer and artist Esther Inglis in the quatercentenary of her death. The University of Edinburgh conference "[brought] together researchers working on different aspects of Esther Inglis’s life and work, and on the crafts, media and cultural contexts in which she worked." According to the National Galleries of Scotland, "Inglis spent most of her career living and working in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Edinburgh and became known for her tiny, jewel-like manuscripts which combined highly accomplished calligraphy with exquisite illustrations in ink and watercolour" (as in the image below). Learn more about Inglis and her work in this digital exhibition.