What did you say?
Valery Bryusov

“Why do you still look longing at the past / as if it were the dreamland thick with wonders?”

- Valery Bryusov
Classical Reception at Kazan Federal University

Classical Reception at Kazan Federal University

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 in Uncategorized

Respected Colleagues (as the polite Russians say), this a report from my recent adventure to Kazan. It was my birthday when Edith Hall (KCL), Richard Alston (RHUL) and I flew out, more or less bright eyed if not quite bushy tailed, to Tatarstan.

Conversations on Communism

Conversations on Communism

Posted on Nov 21, 2016 in Uncategorized

This winter I have teamed up with Dr. Elinor Taylor who teaches English Literature at the University of Westminster to create a podcast series exploring British communism. Elinor has submitted a PhD thesis and written a book on the Popular Front Novel in Britain (forthcoming), so she knows a lot more about the field than […]