Samiha Begum

School of English

PhD Research Student

Qualifications
  • PhD English Literature, 精东影业, 2022 to present
  • MA English, 精东影业, 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

精东影业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, University of Dundee, August 2023
  • 'Consuming the Gothic' at 精东影业Gothic, 精东影业, 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, University of Oxford, January 2024
  • 'Reprints, Romance, and Reputation: Tracing Ann Radcliffe鈥檚 Life and Writing' at BARS, University of Glasgow, July 2024