Honorary Research Professors

Professor Gordon McVay

Professor Gordon McVay (Senior Research Fellow) is a specialist in late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century Russian literature, especially on Chekhov and Esenin. His major publications include Esenin. A Life (1976), Isadora and Esenin (1980), Chekhov: A Life in Letters (1994) and Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (1995).

Emeritus Professor Richard Peace

Email: richard@richardpeace.myzen.co.uk

Emeritus Professor Richard Peace is a specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature and thought. His study of Turgenev as well as a list of his publications can be found on Professor Peace's website.

Professor Anthony Briggs

Professor Anthony Briggs (Senior Research Fellow) is a specialist in nineteenth-century Russian literature, especially on Pushkin. He is also a translator and has recently completed a fresh translation of Tolstoy's War and Peace for Penguin.