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|education = [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]] {{small|([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}
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|spouse = Jane Hedges, 1980–2015 {{small|(Deceased 2015)}}, Daniela Steila (m. 2020)
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'''Mark D. Steinberg''' (born June 8, 1953) is a historian, writer, and professor. He taught at Harvard University, Yale University, and the [[University of Illinois]], Urbana-Champaign, from which he retired in 2021. He is the author of many books and articles on Russian history. He remains active as an author and advisor.
 
==Early life and education==
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Before coming to Illinois in 1996, he was an Assistant Professor of History at Harvard University from 1987 to 1989, and at Yale from 1989–1994, where he was promoted to Associate Professor (1994–96).
 
==Specialization==
Mark Steinberg specializes on the cultural, intellectual, and social history of Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially the period of the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]]. His recent and current research focuses on urban history, revolutions, emotions, religion, violence, and utopias. He is currently working on a new project on “the crooked and the straight” in urban public life in Odessa, Bombay, and New York City during the 1920s.<ref>All biographical material is from his CV at https://history.illinois.edu/directory/profile/steinb</ref>
 
==Publications==
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==Personal life==
Mark Steinberg was married to Jane T. Hedges from 1980 until her death in 2015.{{cn|date=September 2023}} Their only child is Alexander (Sasha) Hedges Steinberg, a cartoon artist and designer, as well as a celebrated drag queen performer (under the name [[Sasha Velour]]) who won the [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9)|ninth season]] of American drag competition ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]''.
 
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