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Julia Hartley is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow's School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Prior to joining Glasgow in 2023, she was a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at King's College London and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick. She completed her BA, Masters, and Doctorate in French and Italian literature at the University of Oxford, and in 2017, she completed a Masters in Iranian Studies at SOAS. With British-Italian roots and personal ties to Iran, she is passionate about teaching and researching literature from a comparative perspective, actively fostering inclusive and multicultural learning environments. Her research focuses on the works of Dante and 19th to early 20th-century French literature, emphasizing themes such as women's writing, Orientalist writing, and the dynamics of cross-cultural exchange between Iran and Europe. Hartley has published her doctoral research in a monograph titled 'Reading Dante: The Proust Analogy' and developed a major project on French writing about Iran during the long nineteenth century. Additionally, she has contributed to various collaborative projects and is involved in radio broadcasts and creative writing related to her research interests.