Lyudmila Parts

Lyudmila Parts (PhD, Columbia University, 2002) is a Professor of Russian in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University (Montreal). She is the author of In Search of the True Russia. The Provinces in Contemporary Nationalist Discourse (Wisconsin UP, 2018); The Chekhovian Intertext: Dialogue with a Classic” (Ohio State UP, 2008) and the editor of The Russian 20th Century Short Story: A Critical Companion (Academic Studies Press, 2009). Prof. Parts’ research interests include post-Soviet culture, genre theory, and cultural representations of nationalism. She has published articles on Karamzin, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Tolstaya, Petrushevskaya, and Pelevin. Her current research project is on the Russian travelogue.