Olexander Chyrkov (born November 1, 1941 in Kamyshin) — the head of the department of Germanic Philology and Foreign Literature, the head of Scientific and Artistic Complex "Dramaturgy" of the Institute of Foreign Languages Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University, member of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, Doctor of Philology, Professor.
Scientific interests of Professor Chyrkov are multifarious.
He is a historian of literature, theater critic and specialist in drama study.
He is on the editorial board of several professional journals and scientific newsletters.
Professor Chyrkov promotes and establishes relationships with leading experts who work on the problems of the theory and history of drama and problems of literary terminology.
Being extremely creative it his scientific investigations, educational and translational activities and drama study he aspires to establish the right of every individual to bear his own considerations in the sphere of science, art and education.