Rachel Polonsky

Rachel Polonsky is a British scholar specializing in Slavic Literature. Her books include Molotov's Magic Lantern and English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. She is Vice-President of Murray Edwards College of the University of Cambridge, where she is a Fellow in Slavonic Studies; Graduate Tutor in Modern Languages/ Slavonic Studies (Russian).

Education

 * MA in English (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)
 * MA Russian Studies (Princeton University)
 * D.Phil (Oxford University) with a thesis on the reception of English literature in early 19th century Russia

Career

 * Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
 * Independent scholar and freelance journalist in Moscow
 * Fellow of Murray Edwards since 2011