Acknowledgments
The current volume owes much to the collective labour and support of countless individuals, institutions, and, indeed, the networks that it celebrates. First and foremost, thanks to our contributors for their enthusiasm, discretion, and delight, not to mention their patience, in putting together a volume to honour the influence and many achievements of Elizabeth Ewan. Thanks also to the anonymous reviewers for their detailed and conscientious feedback. The editors would also like to thank the Centre for Scottish Studies, in particular, Scottish Studies Foundation Chair Kevin James and Melissa Turner, Administrative Coordinator, for their unceasing support and encouragement. Of course, so much gratitude is owed to the members of the Scottish Studies Foundation for their generosity and without whom none of the volumes in this series would have been possible. Thanks very much to the McLaughlin Library for hosting our open-access publication, and specifically to Jordan Pedersen for her time and expertise in Pressbooks, as well as to the Cape Breton University Office of Research & Graduate Studies.
Such a collaboration would not have been possible without the advice and support of others, particularly the mentorship and guidance of Elizabeth Ewan herself, to whom this entire volume is dedicated. Professor Ewan’s work has been so impactful as to inspire (at least) two festschrifts in her honour and the editors of the present volume would like particularly to extend gracious thanks to the editors of Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800: Place, Faith, and Politics (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), Janay Nugent, Cathryn Spence, and Mairi Cowan, for their warmth, humour, and hours spent coordinating with us, not to mention many a constructive chat and eleventh-hour support. Thanks to Davide Dorigo, Associate RGD, for his keen eye, mentorship, and advice in the realms of inclusive accessible design.
The editors would also like to thank their own personal networks of family, friends, and support. There are, of course, too many to name all individually, but particular thanks are extended to: Terry and Aesuk Baer, Efraim Tsarfati, Linda Knepp, Marian Toledo Candelaria, Emily Ramsey, John and Dorian Hudec, Jonah Hudec, Alice Glaze, Kate Zubczyk, Katie McCullough, and Robin Liles. And any volume in honour of Elizabeth would not be complete without mention of the many cats who have brought us together and who, in their opinion, were indispensable to the success of such an enterprise: Ari, Poppet, and Kiri.
