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Alex Collins is a PhDl student in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, where he researches medieval art and architecture.. He studied his MA in Art History and English at the University of St Andrews in 2009, before working in heritage and local government. At the University of Edinburgh, Alex teaches art and architectural history.

Born and raised in Milan, Irene moved to Scotland in 2009. She achieved a PhD in Art History at the University of Edinburgh in 2015. Her doctoral thesis looked at the artistic patronage of the Vespucci family in fifteenth-century Florence. Irene currently works at the University of Edinburgh. She loves art, coffee, yoga, and the sun – not necessarily in this order. Despite her reluctance to sit on planes, she is a travel addict and she hopes to tour the world one day. Edinburgh stole her heart and it is now her home.

Jane Bonsall is a PhD candidate in Medieval English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She completed her undergraduate degree in English Literature and History at Macalester College in Minnesota, and while studying abroad in Edinburgh she fell in love with the city. She received her Masters degree in Medieval Literature at the University of Edinburgh in 2013, and shortly thereafter entered her current PhD programme. Her research explores the power of supernatural women in medieval English literature and society. Jane teaches English Literature at the University, and continues to find Edinburgh an inspiring and enthralling backdrop for her study of literature, history, and the power of a compelling narrative.
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