Elizabeth Ewan held a Visiting Fellowship with the National Centre of Biography between 20 June-15 July 2016. She is a professor of history at the Centre for Scottish Studies, Department of History, University of Guelph, Canada. She is the co-editor of The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2006) which is currently being revised as well as books on Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (2015) and The Shaping of Scottish Identities: Family, Nation, and the Worlds Beyond (2011).

While a visiting fellow at the centre Elizabeth gave a paper at the NCB’s True Biographies of Nations conference and discussed with ADB staff, and ANU staff and students more broadly, issues to do with women, representation and national dictionaries.