HERStory Makers 2023: Islay Shelbourne

Islay Shelbourne is a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews studying the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic through ephemera. She took part in HERStory Makers 2023.

What is HERStory Makers?

HERStory Makers is a social media competition for female-identifying early career researchers to share their research, their career journeys, and to inspire the next generation. Winners are selected by public vote. HERStory Makers is also part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.

In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON was supported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020894/1].

Author contributions to content

Islay Shelbourne conceived, planned and recorded the video content. Kirsty Ross edited the video content to insert HERStory Maker credits, add subtitles, and maintain video length below Twitter/X limit of 2 mins and 20 secs.