Ian Chesley

E-mail Address: chesley[at]fas.harvard.edu

Undergraduate Degree: BSLA in Russian and Arabic, Georgetown University, 1999

Home Town: Freeport, Maine

Dissertation Title: "Handwriting, Typography, Illustration: The Visual Word of the Russian Avant-Garde" (Khlebnikov, Lissitzky, Iliazd, Constructivism)

Research Interests:
• Russian avant-garde literature and visual arts
• Typography, book design, artists' books
• Russian literature about Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Languages and literatures of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East

Teaching Experience:
• Foreign Cultures 82: Modern Arabic Narratives: Self, Society, and Culture (anticipated Spring 2007)
• Lit and Arts C-51: Revolution and Reaction (Head TF), Spring 2002, 2004, 2006
• Lit and Arts C-28: Icon/Ritual/Text (Head TF), Fall 2002
• Lit and Arts C-30: How Russia Learned to Read (Head TF), Spring 2003
• Lit and Arts C-50: Russian Imperial Masterworks, Fall 2004

Recent Awards and Fellowships:
• Full-year FLAS fellowships in Russian, Arabic, Persian, and Uzbek; Summer FLAS fellowships for study in Russia and Tajikistan
• Setchkarev Memorial Prize for Best Slavic Graduate Essay, 2003
• CASA Summer Fellowship, 1997