Jonathan Hess

Malkin Distinguished Term Professor of Germanic Languages (3229); Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies (3241)

437 Dey Hall 
Campus Box 3160 
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3160
919-843-9160 (phone)
919-962-4866 (alt. phone)
JMHESS@email.unc.edu

B.A. Yale University, 1987
M.A. The Johns Hopkins University, 1989
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Research Interests

Jonathan Hess's recent research and teaching have focused on German cultural, intellectual and literary history from the eighteenth century on, with particular interests in both German-Jewish studies and the legacy of the Enlightenment. Since 2003, he has also served as the director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.

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