Richard Tempest

Richard Tempest is a Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also holds affiliations with the Center for Global Studies and serves as Director of Graduate Studies in his department.

• Research Focus: Gender and sexuality studies, Stalinist/post-Stalinist culture, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's literary legacy, and transnational Russian diaspora experiences.
• Key Themes: Analyzes intersections of political charisma, cultural memory, and textual interplay in 20th-century Russian literature.
• Recent Publications: Examines Solzhenitsyn's influence on American culture, critiques post-Soviet literary historiography, and explores emotional frameworks in Russian émigré communities.
• Contact: 3154 Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Building | Email: rtempest@illinois.edu