Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.[1] Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Nationality	American
Occupation	Historian
Employer	New York University
Awards	Guggenheim fellowship

Biography

Born in the US to an Israel-born Sephardi father and a Scottish mother, she grew up in Pacific Palisades, California.[2][3] She graduated in History at UCLA and obtained a PhD in comparative history at Brandeis University.[4] A member of the American Historical Association since 1990,[5] she is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University.[6] She regularly writes for cnn.com,[7] The Atlantic and The Huffington Post.[8]

Works

• Ben-Ghiat, Ruth ; Fuller, Mia; (2008) Italian colonialism Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9780230606364

• Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 9781138778146.[9]
• Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2015). Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253015594.[10]
• Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2020). Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present. W.W. Norton & Company. 2020. ISBN 9781324001546 [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

References

1. Kwong, Matt (5 June 2018). "Trump muses about pardoning himself. Experts on authoritarianism are horrified". CBC.
2. Alexander, Neta (2 April 2017). "The Mistake People Make Regarding Trump's Middle-of-the-night Tweets". Haaretz.
3. Blitzer, Jonathan (November 4, 2016). "A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That's Familiar with Trump". The New Yorker.
4. "Ruth Ben-Ghiat". nyu,edu.
5. Keough, Matthew (13 August 2014). "AHA Member Spotlight: Ruth Ben-Ghiat".
6. "Ruth Ben-Ghiat". NYU Arts & Science. New York University. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
7. "CNN Profiles - Ruth Ben-Ghiat - History professor". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
8. DeVega, Chauncey (12 June 2017). "Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Trump is already using "fascist tactics"". Salon.
9. Zamponi, Simonetta Falasca (2002). "Ruth Ben Ghiat. Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945. (Studies on the History of Society and culture, number 42.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2001. Pp. x, 317. $45.00". The American Historical Review. 107 (2): 653–654. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.2.653.
10. Landy, Marcia (2016). "Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema, by Ruth Ben-Ghiat". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 33 (2): 176–180. doi:10.1080/10509208.2015.1109579.
11. Lavin, Talia (December 24, 2020). "Corruption, violence and toxic masculinity: What strongmen like Trump have in common". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
12. Fukuyama, Francis (2020-11-10). "Authoritarians From Mussolini to Trump". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
13. Varadarajan, Tunku (2020-12-11). "'Strongmen' Review: Nostalgia, Virility and Power". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
14. "Nonfiction Book Review: Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat. Norton, $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-324-00154-6". Publishers Weekly. September 17, 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
15. Kaiser, Charles (2020-11-26). "Strongmen review: a chilling history for one nation no longer under Trump". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
16. Shribman, David M. (November 5, 2020). "Quite a cast of characters in Ruth Ben-Ghiat's 'Strongmen,' a brutal tour of the tyrannies of the last hundred years". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
17. Finchelstein, Federico (2020-11-03). "It's Already Happening Here". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2020-12-27.

External links

• Official website
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Ruth Ben-Ghiat with Virginia Heffernan (livestream) How to Stop an Authoritarian Town Hall Seattle, Dec 2, 2020