Samiha Begum

School of English

PhD Research Student

Qualifications
  • PhD English Literature, 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield, 2022 to present
  • MA English, 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield, 2022
  • BA English (with Hons), Queen Mary, 9 1免费版下 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, 9 1免费版下 of Dundee, August 2023
  • 'Consuming the Gothic' at Sheffield Gothic, 9 1免费版下 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, 9 1免费版下 of Oxford, January 2024
  • 'Reprints, Romance, and Reputation: Tracing Ann Radcliffe鈥檚 Life and Writing' at BARS, 9 1免费版下 of Glasgow, July 2024