Podcast
Rediscovering Chekhov’s Earliest Stories
Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska in conversation with Theo Clarke.
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Notebook
Articles, conversations and occasional notes from the Anton Chekhov Foundation.
Latest entries
Article
Before You’ve Even Blossomed
Early Chekhov Blog #8 · 20 November 2025
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Event
Debunking Chekhov
Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska · FitzHugh Auditorium, Cohen Quad · 5.30 pm · Thursday 15 October 2026
Notebook entries
2026 and 2025 · Occasional articles, podcasts, events and press coverage.
Press coverage is associated with the Early Chekhov book and translation project. Early Chekhov press and reviews
2026
Event
Debunking Chekhov - Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska in conversation with Alys Young, director of a University of Oxford production of The Seagull at Oxford Playhouse.
15 Oct 2026
Podcast
Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska — A Thread of One’s Own with Theo Clarke
3 Sep 2026
2025
Event
Slavonic Research Seminar, University of Oxford — Anton Chekhov’s Earliest Stories
Rosamund Bartlett and Elena Michajlowska introduce their co-edited translation of a new volume of Chekhov’s early stories, with discussion of the editorial and translation process, reflections on Chekhov’s evolution as a writer.
27 Nov 2025
Feature
The Guardian — ‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side
23 Nov 2025
Earlier press archive (2008–2018)
Selected historical coverage from ACF’s original press archive. External links may occasionally be unavailable.
2018
2014
2010
2008
Historical listings are based on the Foundation’s existing press archive; individual external links may no longer work.