Professor Gerald Smith FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 2001
- Subjects
- Literature, Modern languages
Summary
I continue to work on contemporary Russian poetry, in particular translating Lev Loseff (1937-2009), and on the life and works of the critic D.S.Mirsky (1890-1939).
Current post
Emeritus Professor of Russian, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford
Past appointments
New College University of Oxford Emeritus Professor of Russian, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford
2003 -
University of Oxford Professor of Russian
1986 -
University of Oxford Professor of Emeritus Russian , University of Oxford, and Fellow of New College, Oxford
1986 - 2003
University of Birmingham Lecturer in Russian
1971 - 1978
University of Nottingham Lecturer in Russian
1964 - 1971
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Peggy Kamuf FBA
Contemporary French philosophy, especially the work of Jacques Derrida. Translation theory and translations of many works from French, by Derrida but also by Hélène Cixous
Professor David Barnett FBA
Theory and practice of political theatre, particularly Bertolt Brecht’s; directing political theatre; theatre history (intersections of institutions, productions and practices); postdramatic theatre; theatricality; Heiner Müller; Fassbinder’s theatre
Professor Ritchie Robertson FBA
German, Dutch and Scandanavian Languages and Literatures Western Europe Germany, Austria History Historical Studies of Language and Literature
