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Dr. Rachel Polonsky serves as an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics. She concurrently holds the position of Director of Studies (Russian) at Emmanuel College and serves as an Official Fellow at Murray Edwards College, where her primary office is located.
Her research specializes in Russian literary traditions from the 19th to 21st centuries, with particular emphasis on poetry, fiction, and memoir within comparative frameworks. She examines Russian literature through intersecting lenses of cultural, intellectual, and political history, with current projects focusing on the 'Eastern Question' in 19th-century contexts and contemporary Russian fiction. Her scholarship frequently addresses cross-cultural reception dynamics and identity construction through literary encounters.
Analysis of her publication history reveals sustained engagement with transnational literary exchanges, particularly the reception of Western authors in Russia and vice versa. Her work consistently explores translation phenomena, literary diplomacy, and European identity formation through Eastern encounters, with recurring focus on canonical figures like Pushkin across multiple historical periods.
Dr. Polonsky actively supervises graduate students in Russian cultural history and 19th-20th century literature, maintaining scholarly discourse through contributions to major periodicals including The New York Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement.
