Christy Theodoulou
Christy worked on her debut novel, literary fantasy Godless Cosmologies, while at Oxford. She completed a Bachelor of Civil Law in 2023.
My year in Oxford was honestly one of the best of my life. The Law faculty was wonderful and the course itself was phenomenal – extremely challenging, but in a way that was deeply inspiring. Being surrounded by people who were so excited and enthusiastic about what they were studying created a very special atmosphere.
It’s no coincidence that I finished the first draft of Godless Cosmologies at the end of the course. The roots of the novel pre-date the BCL, but Oxford gave me the environment and confidence to put my fingers to the keyboard and express things I’d always wanted to express through fiction. I remember locking myself away in a graduate study room and finishing the draft. The seeds of inspiration were definitely sown in Oxford.
I’ve always loved studying Law but I knew I didn’t want to practise. The BCL felt like a natural next step, allowing me to engage academically with the subject at the highest level without necessarily following a traditional legal career path.
It was a long journey from that graduate study room in Oxford to publication day – but an incredibly meaningful one.