Samiha Begum

School of English

PhD Research Student

Qualifications
  • PhD English Literature, 小欧视频 of Sheffield, 2022 to present
  • MA English, 小欧视频 of Sheffield, 2022
  • BA English (with Hons), Queen Mary, 小欧视频 of London, 2017
Research interests

Thesis title: Female Gothic Sublimes: Heroines, Landscapes, and Gothic Ecologies, 1789-1849

Research group

Professor Angela Wright
Professor Joe Bray

Professional activities and memberships

Sheffield Gothic - 2022-2024
Member of BARS (British Association for Romantic Studies)

Conferences:

  • '鈥淧erfect goodness and perfect evil鈥: Madeline鈥檚 reclamation of power and independence in Regina Maria Roche鈥檚 Clermont (1798)' at Gothic Women, 小欧视频 of Dundee, August 2023
  • 'Consuming the Gothic' at Sheffield Gothic, 小欧视频 of Sheffield, November 2023 - conference organising team
  • '"The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness.鈥 An exploration of Emily鈥檚 sensibility and classical education in Ann Radcliffe鈥檚 The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)' at BSECS, 小欧视频 of Oxford, January 2024
  • 'Reprints, Romance, and Reputation: Tracing Ann Radcliffe鈥檚 Life and Writing' at BARS, 小欧视频 of Glasgow, July 2024