Associate Professor of Russian & Comparative Literature
On leave AY 2024-2025
Prof. Corrigan studies the intersections of philosophy, religion, and psychology in modern Russian and European literature, with a focus on the Russian nineteenth century. He is the author of Dostoevsky and the Riddle of the Self (2017); the editor of Chekhov in Context (2023); and is working on two new books – one titled Soul Geographers: From Gogol to Nietzsche, a comparative study of literary attempts to map the unconscious in the 19th century; the other probing Chekhov as a moral thinker for our time.
He was awarded the Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019 by the College of Arts and Science. In 2024, he won the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Roundtable discussion, “Dostoevsky at 200,” Oxford University (May 2021)