Tony H. Lin is an assistant professor of the practice and the Russian/Slavic coordinator at Boston College. Born in Taiwan, Lin moved to Los Angeles at the age of 14 and became a citizen of the United States in 2002. He has won numerous grants to study and live in Russia, Poland, Germany, and France (including the Fulbright-Hays DDRA, IIE Fulbright Research Fellowship, DAAD, NEH, Critical Language Scholarship, Department of State Title VIII grant).
He is currently working on a book manuscript on the history of Fryderyk Chopin’s reception in Russian and Polish literature and culture, as well as articles on the musical adaptation of Anna Karenina and the music of writers such as Pasternak and Nietzsche. Prior to Boston College, Lin taught at UC Berkeley, Connecticut College, and the University of Pittsburgh. He is also an accomplished pianist, having graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Music with a degree in piano performance and given numerous recitals in the United States and Europe.
