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Michael P. Steinberg is the Barnaby Conrad Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History and Music at Brown University, with a rich background in German Studies. He previously served as the president of the American Academy in Berlin from 2016 to 2018 and was the founding director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown from 2005 to 2015. Before joining Brown, he was a member of the Cornell University Department of History between 1988 and 2005. He has been educated at prestigious institutions including Princeton University and the University of Chicago, and has held visiting professor positions at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and National Tsing-hua University in Taiwan. Steinberg's research areas focus on cultural history in modern Germany and Austria, with particular attention to German Jewish intellectual history and the intersections of culture and music. He has lectured extensively and has received numerous fellowships and awards for his contributions to the field. His notable works include "Afterlife Moses: Exile, Democracy, Renewal" and "Trouble Wagner" among others. Steinberg also serves as the director of the Barenboim-Said Foundation (U.S.A.) and has contributed to important productions and exhibitions related to music history.
Department: Department of Economics