Samantha George

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Samantha George
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of York
Known forEighteenth century studies
History of science
Feminist botany
Vampire literature
Scientific career
FieldsEnglish literature
InstitutionsUniversity of Hertfordshire

Dr Samantha George is a Senior Lecturer in Literature in the Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute at the University of Hertfordshire. She completed a PhD at the University of York in 2004, then taught in the Department of English Literature at Sheffield University till taking up her post at Hertfordshire in 2007. She is known for her research on eighteenth century literature and science with a particular emphasis on the role of women and botany.[1]

She is also known for her work on Gothic and vampire literature and culture,[2][1] and is the convener of the 'Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture' (OGOM) research project at the University of Hertfordshire.[3][4][5][6] In 2010, she organized the first Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture conference, which achieved international coverage.[7][8][1] In 2012 a symposium to mark the centenary of Bram Stoker's death was held.[9][10]

In the field of feminist botany she is best known for her book Botany, sexuality, and women's writing 1760-1830 : from modest shoot to forward plant (2007), following in the steps of Londa Schiebinger and Ann Shteir[11] in the field of gender and science, detailing the exclusion of women from botany after Linnaeus' classification was published in English (1783–1785),[12] because the sexual reproduction of plants was considered harmful to 'female modesty'.[13][14][15][16][17] Since then she has continued to research and publish on the intersections of literature, women and science, and in particular botany.

She has been Reviews Editor for Literature for the Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies. Membership of learned societies include the British Society of Literature and Science, the British Association of Romantic Studies, the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the International Gothic Association. Dr George publishes under the pen name of Sam George.

  1. ^ a b c Battle of Ideas 2010.
  2. ^ Cawley 2013.
  3. ^ Dr Samantha George 2015.
  4. ^ Sam George (Academia) 2015.
  5. ^ Open Minds, Open Graves 2015.
  6. ^ George & Hughes 2012.
  7. ^ Tobin 2010.
  8. ^ Espinoza 2010.
  9. ^ George & Hughes 2012, Bram Stoker Centenary Symposium 2012.
  10. ^ Armistead 2012.
  11. ^ Shteir 1996.
  12. ^ Linné 1785.
  13. ^ George 2007.
  14. ^ Olszewski 2007.
  15. ^ Cook 2009.
  16. ^ Hay 2009.
  17. ^ Martin 2010.