Ruth Ben-Ghiat | |
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Born | United States | April 17, 1960
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Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2004) |
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Thesis | The formation of a Fascist culture: the Realist movement in Italy, 1930–43 (1991) |
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Institutions | New York University |
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Notable works | Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present |
Website | ruthbenghiat |
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.[1] Ben-Ghiat is professor of history and Italian studies at New York University.
Born in the United States to a Scottish mother and an Israeli-born Sephardi Jewish father, she grew up in Pacific Palisades, California.[2][3][4] She has a degree in history from UCLA and obtained her Ph.D. in comparative history at Brandeis University. 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, The Atlantic, and The Huffington Post.[7]
On February 13, 2023, it was announced that Ben-Ghiat would take up temporary residency at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as the Spring 2023 Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals.[8]