A creative response by Professor Maureen Freely
Our sails are filled with borrowed words
Maureen Freely is a novelist, translator, campaigner and journalist. Maureen's piece is a creative response to Henrietta Liston's Turkish journals.
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An essay by Professor Donna Landry
Approaching Constantinople as a gateway to the East
Donna Landry is a literary and cultural historian of East-West exchanges. Donna's essay explores Lady Anne Blunt's fascination with Eastern travel and her relationship with the Ottoman Empire.
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An essay by Professor Gerald MacLean
British travellers approach Constantinople: First impressions
Gerald MacLean is a literary and cultural historian specialising in Anglo-Ottoman relations. Gerald's essay examines travellers' descriptions of visiting Istanbul.
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An essay by Paul Benjamin Osterlund
Istanbul: Timelessness and change through the lens of Henrietta Liston
Paul Benjamin Osterlund is a freelance journalist, writer and translator based in Istanbul. Paul's essay explores change in Istanbul and reflects on Liston's experience of the city.
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A short story by Sara Sheridan
The Encounter
Sara Sheridan is an author. Her books, which number over 20, include historical novels, murder mysteries, and Scottish women's history. Sara's short story imagines Henrietta Liston's return from her residency in the Ottoman Empire to Edinburgh society.
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A letter from Ece Temelkuran
Dear Mrs Liston
Ece Temelkuran is a novelist and political commentator. Inspired by Henrietta Liston's journals and letters, Ece writes to Henrietta about her own experience of travel and writing while on the road.
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An essay and poetry by Heather H Yeung
Under different skies
Heather H Yeung is a literary critic, theorist, poet, and artist book maker. Heather's essay explores Henrietta Liston's travel writing.
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An essay by Professor Frank Cogliano
Henrietta Liston and George Washington: A Special Relationship
Frank Cogliano is Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh. His essay considers British-American relations during the 1790s and the important friendship between Henrietta Liston and George Washington.
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An essay by Professor Margaret Elphinstone
Henrietta Liston: One reader's response
Novelist Margaret Elphinstone is Emeritus Professor in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde. Her essay reflects on Henrietta Liston's life and on her journals and letters in the Liston Papers archive.
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An essay by David J Black
An infusion of Scotch: The Scottish neoclassical mantle and its Federal American cousin
David J Black is an author, journalist, and playwright based in Edinburgh and the USA. His essay examines Scottish-American connections in trade, education, medicine and architecture in colonial and post-colonial America.
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An interview with Geneviève Fabre
Voilà une longue vie!
Geneviève Fabre's experience of the French diplomatic service spans four decades and as many continents. This interview reflects on the role of the diplomatic couple and on changes to diplomacy since the 18th century.
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An essay by Dr Louis Kirk McAuley
A gardener's 'Paradise': Henrietta Marchant Liston's Caribbean travel diary
Louis Kirk McAuley is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Washington State University. His essay examines Henrietta Liston's portrayal of life in the West Indies and her interest in the area's natural history.
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An essay by Dr Christopher Minty
Henrietta Marchant Liston and the decline of Franco-American relations, ca 1796-1798
Christopher Minty is an Assistant Editor at 'The Adams Papers' at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. His essay looks at the Franco-America relations that defined the Listons' experience of the United States.
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