Sam Hirst

Dr Sam Hirst is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Nottingham, working on displays and events for the bicentenary of Byron's death. They work on Gothic literature and theology and intersections of LGBTQIA+ history and literature. Their monograph The Theology of the Early British and Irish Gothic, 1764-1834 was released in 2023. They run an interdisciplinary online education project Romancing the Gothic, which runs free online classes, reading groups, and events

You can listen to them discussing Byron's letters here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24OneUYJw_E&t=15s