Samiha Begum

School of English

PhD Research Student

Qualifications
  • PhD English Literature, University of Sheffield, 2022 to present
  • MA English, University of Sheffield, 2022
  • BA English (with Hons), Queen Mary, University 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:

  • '“Perfect goodness and perfect evil”: Madeline’s reclamation of power and independence in Regina Maria Roche’s Clermont (1798)' at Gothic Women, University of Dundee, August 2023
  • 'Consuming the Gothic' at Sheffield Gothic, University 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.” An exploration of Emily’s sensibility and classical education in Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)' at BSECS, University of Oxford, January 2024
  • 'Reprints, Romance, and Reputation: Tracing Ann Radcliffe’s Life and Writing' at BARS, University of Glasgow, July 2024