Sally Hill

Sarah Patricia Hill is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in Italian cultural studies. Hill researches Italian culture, especially the role of photography in culture, and violence and disability in Italian cinema.

Academic career Hill completed both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts at the University of Auckland. Hill went overseas for further postgraduate training, completing a PhD titled Photographic fictions: photography in Italian literature 1945-2000 at the University of Chicago in 2004. Hill then returned to New Zealand, joining the faculty of Victoria University of Wellington that same year. Hill was promoted to full professor in 2022. As of 2024, Hill is an Associate Dean in Victoria's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Director of the Bachelor of Global Studies. At that time she was Head of the School of Languages and Cultures.

Selected works

Books

Zatti, Sergio. The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso. Edited by Dennis Looney and translated by Sally Hill.(2006). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Pp. vii+315.

Journal articles