Diplomas/Degrees
Diplomas/Degrees
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (2009)
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (2004)
B.A., Cornell University (2002)
Recent Courses
Recent Courses
First Year Seminar Italian Drama, Opera, And Cinema
Honors - Human Condition I
Honors-The Human Condition II
Introduction To Interpreting
Italian Translation
Specialization/Interests
Specialization/Interests
Italian language, modern Italian literature, opera, drama and music, Italian history and culture.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Cesare Lombroso
Science and literature in post-unification Italy
Italian Verismo
Italian Opera, 1850-1920
The Italian Risorgimento
Scapigliatura
Articles
Articles
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2012), The enduring vision of biodeterministic Sardinian inferiority in the works of Grazia Deledda. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 17.3, 271-287.
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2009, Fall), 鈥楨ppure 猫 un negro鈥�: Lombroso and Racist Ideology in Otello. La Fusta, 17.
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2009, Fall), Verismo Through the Genres, or "Cavallerie Rusticane" - The Delicate Question of Innovation in the Operatic Adaptations of Giovanni Verga's Story and Drama by Pietro Mascagni (1890) and Domenico Monleone (1907). Carte Italiane, 5, 109-132.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2012). Fantasies in Verismo. In Modern Languages Association Annual Convention (pp. 12). Seattle Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, WA.
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2011). Arresting Physiognomy: Alfredo Oriani and the Culture of Positivism. In South Atlantic Modern Languages Association Annual Convention (pp. 13). Loews Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, GA.
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2011). The British Reaction to the Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857: Narrating the Iniquities of the Kingdom of the 鈥淩e Bomba鈥�. In "Italy from Without" Conference (pp. 11). Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Hiller, Jonathan R. (2011). Santissima Vergine! Chi avrebbe creduto che le cose potessero arrivare a questo segno? In Modern Languages Association Annual Convention (pp. 11). Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Other Work
Other Work
Reviews:
Modern Italy (2012): Alle origini dello stato contemporaneo by Andrea Ragusa;
Annali d'Italianistica (2012): The King of Love and Other Fairy Tales by Giuseppe Pitr猫, ed. Marina Cocuzza and Lorna Watson
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