Craig Brandist is Senior Lecturer in the Bakhtin Centre and Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Sheffield. David Shepherd is Professor of Russian in the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, and founder and Director of the Bakhtin Centre, at the University of Sheffield. Galin Tihanov is Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of European Languages and Cultures at Lancaster University

• Re-introducing the Bakhtin Circle – David ShepherdPart One: About the Bakhtin Circle1. The scholarly legacy of Pavel Medvedev in the light of his dialogue with Bakhtin – Iurii Medvedev and Dar'ia Medvedeva2. Seeking a 'third way' for Soviet aesthetics: Eurasianism, Marxism, Formalism – Galin Tihanov3. The Bakhtin Circle and problems in linguistics – Vladimir Alpatov4. Voloshinov's dilemma: On the philosophical roots of the dialogic theory of the utterance – Craig Brandist5. Lev Pumpianskii and the Nevel School of philosophy – Nikolai Nikolaev6. Kanaev, vitalism and the Bakhtin Circle – Ben Taylor7. Sollertinskii and dialogical symphonism – Pauline FaircloughPart Two: Selected works by members of the Bakhtin Circle8. Tolstoi's 'Diary' by P. N. Medvedev9. Hermann Cohen (4 July 1842–4 April 1918) by M.I. Kagan10. [On Marxism] by L.V. Pumpianskii11. Archival materials (I. The problem of the transmission of alien discourse: An essay in sociolinguistic research; II. Report on work as a postgraduate student, 1927/28: Plan and some guiding thoughts for the work 'Marxism and the Philosophy of Language') by V. N. VoloshinovAppendix – The Bakhtin Circle: A timeline