Boris Lanin – Professor, Dr. hab. He works at the Institute for East Slavic Philologies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. His research interests include utopian/dystopian studies, Russian emigre literature, post-Soviet studies, and methods of teaching literature. He served as a visiting professor at the following universities and think tanks: Stanford, Waseda-Tokio, Hokkaido, Osaka, Kobe, Saitama, SUNY (distinguished visiting professor), Uppsala Swedish Collegium, Alfred Krupp Stiftung at Greifswald, Paris Institute for Advanced Studies, CEU Budapest, Woodrow Wilson International Center in DC, the Kennan Institute, Bath University, the British Academy.