Julien ZANETTA

Julien ZANETTA is an Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His research focuses on 19th-century French literature and art criticism, with a specialization in Charles Baudelaire and Eugène Delacroix. He is affiliated with international research networks including the International Network for Comparative Humanities and the Baudelaire research group at the Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes (France). He teaches courses on French literature and Francophone cultures at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including Histoire de la Culture Française and Littératures Francophones.

His scholarly contributions include monographs on Baudelaire's art criticism and Delacroix's artistic legacy, as well as comparative studies on realism in literature and visual arts. He serves on the editorial board of L'Année Baudelaire and has participated in major research initiatives such as the Leverhulme Trust-funded Landscapes of Realism project. Proficient in French, English, Italian, German, and Spanish, he actively collaborates across European academic institutions.