Moving on to episode nine in Season 2 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast. This episode features writer, professor, scholar, and interpreter Julieta Almeida Rodrigues, author of Eleonora and Joseph: Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment. In this episode we chat with Rodrigues about using fiction to go beyond facts, the role women play in revolutions, and the connection that the past has to today. As Rodrigues states, just like they did during The Enlightenment, “we want to be equal, we want to be fraternal, we want to have solidarity. We might not achieve it, but I think it’s the goal of this century.” Don’t miss this fun, wide-ranging conversation! 

About the Author

Julieta Almeida Rodrigues is a writer, professor, scholar, and interpreter. Eleonora and Joseph: Passion, Tragedy, and Revolution in the Age of Enlightenment is her debut novel. Born and raised in Portugal, Rodrigues earned a PhD at Columbia University, where the renowned Margaret Mead was her dissertation sponsor. Rodrigues is the author of two collections of short fiction, The Rogue and Other Portuguese Stories and On the Way to Red Square. She also published a narrative work about Sintra, Portugal, titled Hora Crepuscular/Drawing Dusk/La Hora Crepuscular. She is a member of numerous literary and scholarly organizations including being a member of the Steering Committee of the Historical Novel Society New York City Chapter. Rodrigues divides her time between Manhattan and Sintra, Portugal.