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Professor Harriet Guest is a faculty member at the University of York, where she was formerly the director of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies. Her research focuses on eighteenth-century British literature and history, with particular emphasis on women writers of the 1790s and the British presence in the South Pacific.
Education:
- MA, University of Cambridge
- PhD, University of Cambridge
Professor Guest's current research examines the changing roles available to British women, especially women writers, in the 1790s. She contextualizes well-known writers like Mary Wollstonecraft alongside anonymous pamphleteers and figures appearing in newspapers and caricatures. Additionally, she continues to research the voyages of James Cook and William Bligh in the South Pacific.
Her recent publications span topics from women's writing during the French Revolution to the commemoration of Captain Cook. The articles reflect her dual focus on gender studies in the eighteenth century and the history of exploration, often highlighting overlooked figures and unconventional perspectives through interdisciplinary analysis of literary, historical, and cultural sources.
Scientific Awards:
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Professor Guest has supervised numerous PhD students on diverse topics including Women, privacy and religion in eighteenth-century England; Romantic Women Poets; Catharine Macaulay; Mary Hays; Eighteenth-century theories of beauty; The correspondence of Mary Delany; Gender in eighteenth-century botanical texts; The critical reception of Jane Austen; and Female Spectatorship in the second half of the eighteenth century. Her research has been supported by various academic grants though specific funding bodies are not detailed in the text.
She is affiliated with the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, which serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research through seminars, conferences, and postgraduate programs exploring the intellectual, cultural, and political landscapes of the long eighteenth century.
