Welcome!
Interpreting Annie Ernaux and Sally Rooney at Charleston (2023).
I am a Lecturer in Comparative Literature and writer, with interests spanning Dante Alighieri, ancient Persian queens, and anything 19th-century France related. I appear regularly on BBC Radio to present on these topics, since being selected in 2021 as a New Generation Thinker. Since September 2022, I have also started interpreting for literary events, mainly at the French Institute in London.
On this website, you'll find an overview of my various projects. If you want to learn more, why not listen to my interview on The Extra Half Podcast? We cover everything from life as a British-Italian from Brussels, to some of my research and screenwriting projects. You'll find me under Episode 11 'Parallels and Common Grounds.'
Julia
News
30 August 2025
Tune in to Radio 3 at 7.30pm to hear the BBC Proms performance of Handel's 'Alexander's Feast'. In the interval, I'll be telling listeners about the burning of Persepolis and how it has been presented in Western literature from Plutarch to 19th-century travel-writers.
Tune in to Radio 3 at 7.30pm to hear the BBC Proms performance of Handel's 'Alexander's Feast'. In the interval, I'll be telling listeners about the burning of Persepolis and how it has been presented in Western literature from Plutarch to 19th-century travel-writers.