Anita Frison holds a PhD in Linguistic, Philological and Literary Studies from the University of Padua. She has since taught Russian Literature at the universities of Urbino, Macerata, Venice and Padua, publishing several scientific articles and edited volumes She is currently the PI of a Stars@Unipd grant (https: //www.unipd.it/en/stars), with a project entitled 'AfTeR - The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)'. Her research interests include Russian literature and culture (19th-early 20th century), Russo-African relations, the Russian Empire and its entanglements, Semiotic, Postcolonial Theory, and Cultural studies. Since 2020 she is the co-editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal eSamizdat (www.esamizdat.it).