Dr Mikhail Alekseevsky (Strelka Kb, Moscow, Russia)

Dr Maria Akhmetova (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia)

Prof Konstantin Bogdanov (Institute of Russian Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Dr Ian Brodie (Cape Breton University, Sydney, Canada)

Dr Seth Graham (University College of London, London, United Kingdom)

Dr Petr Janeček (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

Prof Olga Khristoforova (Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia)

Dr Nikita Petrov (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia)

Prof Jeanmarie Rouhier-willoughby (University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States of America)

Prof Elizabeth Tucker (Binghamton University, Vestal, United States of America)

Prof Ilya Utekhin (European University at Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia)