Julia L. Hairston鈥檚听work focuses on the intersection of literature and history in the Italian Renaissance, primarily as regards gender. She has published articles on Machiavelli, Ariosto, and Alberti and co-edited three collections of essays, one devoted to gender issues in Italian culture (Peter Lang, 1996), another to the body in early modern Italy (Johns Hopkins, 2010), and a third to gender in early modern Rome (I Tatti Studies听in the Italian Renaissance, 2014).
Hairston has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities;听Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies;听the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ;听and the听Gladys Krieble听Delmas Foundation.听She was听elected听to the Arcadian Academy in 2016.听Her听work on Tullia听d鈥橝ragonaincludes听numerous听essays and听bilingual editions of听her听poems and letters (CRRS & Iter, 2014) and听her听epic poem, co-edited with John C. McLucas,听The Wretch, Otherwise Known as Guerrino听(Iter, 2025).
Her current听projects include an intellectual biography of听Tullia with the working title听The Thorny Laurel: Tullia听d鈥橝ragona, Poet and Philosopher听and an edited collection, with Milena Sabato,听on women as readers in early modern Italy, the latter forthcoming from University of Delaware Press听in 2027.听Together with Paolo Alei, she organizes the triennial Early Modern Rome听conferences.听
When possible, she escapes from Rome and heads to the mountains of Abruzzo.
Selected Publications
- Tullia听d鈥橝ragona,听The Wretch, Otherwise Known as Guerrino: A Bilingual Edition, edited with an听introduction by Julia L. Hairston, annotated by Julia L. Hairston and John C. McLucas, translated by John C. McLucas.听(New York: Iter听Press),听2025.听
- 鈥淕ender in Early Modern Rome,鈥� edited by Julia L. Hairston, cluster of essays in听I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance, vol. 17.1 (2014).听
- The Body in Early Modern Italy, eds. Julia L.听Hairston听and Walter Stephens (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010).
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