Professor Anthony Cross FBA

Russian, Slavonic and Eastern European Languages and Literatures

Elected 1989

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1989
Sections: Early Modern Languages and Literatures to 1830

Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2004. Previously, Reader in Russian at the University of East Anglia and Roberts Professor of Russian at the University of Leeds. DLitt (East Anglia) and LittD (Cambridge) and Honorary Doctorate from the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House) in 2010. Internationally known for his work on eighteenth-century Russia and Anglo-Russian cultural relations. Founded the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia in 1968 and edited the Group's annual Newsletter from 1973 to 2009. Reviews Editor of the Journal of European Studies since its inception in 1971.

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

2004 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies

1985 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

1985 - 2004

University of Leeds Reader in Russian, Roberts Professor of Russian

1972 - 1985

University of East Anglia Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Russian

1964 - 1972

Publications

St Petersburg and the British 2008

In the Lands of the Romanovs 2014

Peter the Great through British Eyes 2000 (Russian trans 2013)

N M Karamzin: a study of his literary career 1971

By the banks of the Thames: Russians in 18th century Britain 1980 (Russian trans 1995)

By the banks of the Neva: chapters from the lives and careers of the British in 18th century Russia 1997 (Russian trans 2005)

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Professor Ingrid De Smet FBA

Renaissance and Early Modern intellectual culture, especially in France and the Low Countries; sixteenth and early-seventeenth century French literature; Neo-Latin Studies; the Republic of Letters; the Classical tradition

Professor Nico Mann FBA

Petrarch, early Italian Renaissance and the classical tradition

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

English Language and Literature

Professor Anthony Cross FBA

Current post

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

2004 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies

1985 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

1985 - 2004

University of Leeds Reader in Russian, Roberts Professor of Russian

1972 - 1985

University of East Anglia Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Russian

1964 - 1972

Publications

St Petersburg and the British 2008

In the Lands of the Romanovs 2014

Peter the Great through British Eyes 2000 (Russian trans 2013)

N M Karamzin: a study of his literary career 1971

By the banks of the Thames: Russians in 18th century Britain 1980 (Russian trans 1995)

By the banks of the Neva: chapters from the lives and careers of the British in 18th century Russia 1997 (Russian trans 2005)

Related Fellows

Professor Ingrid De Smet FBA

Professor Nico Mann FBA

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

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Professor Anthony Cross FBA

Current post

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

2004 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies

1985 -

University of Cambridge Professor of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge

1985 - 2004

University of Leeds Reader in Russian, Roberts Professor of Russian

1972 - 1985

University of East Anglia Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Russian

1964 - 1972

Publications

St Petersburg and the British 2008

In the Lands of the Romanovs 2014

Peter the Great through British Eyes 2000 (Russian trans 2013)

N M Karamzin: a study of his literary career 1971

By the banks of the Thames: Russians in 18th century Britain 1980 (Russian trans 1995)

By the banks of the Neva: chapters from the lives and careers of the British in 18th century Russia 1997 (Russian trans 2005)

Related Fellows

Professor Ingrid De Smet FBA

Professor Nico Mann FBA

Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA

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