Dr. Alessio Filippi

Biography

Alessio Filippi is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Department of French and Italian at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He specializes in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature, with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. His dissertation, filed in 2006 and awarded in 2007, focused on themes such as food and body sins in Church medieval Italy, as well as Italian medieval 'novelle' from notable authors. His research interests further encompass World War I Italian literature, Renaissance cookery, and the Italian history and politics of the 19th and 20th centuries. He has extensive teaching experience, having served at UCLA, Pepperdine University, and USC since 2001. Filippi has taught various courses including Italian language and specific seminars on Italian literature, cinema, and organized crime. He has also participated in faculty meetings and committees, contributing to the academic environment at USC.

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