About Jane Burbank
Born 1946. Jane Burbank is an American historian.
Jane Richardson Burbank (born 11 June 1946 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States) is an American historian who is emeritus professor of history at New York University. She is known for her scholarship on Russia and its empire, as well as global history more broadly.
She was awarded the 2023 Toynbee Prize for her contributions to global history. She is former director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan.
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