Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (born April 17, 1960)[1] is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.[2]
Biography
Born in the US to an Israel-born Sephardi father and a Scottish mother, she grew up in Pacific Palisades, California.[3][4] She graduated in History at UCLA and obtained a PhD 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.com, The Atlantic and The Huffington Post.[7]
Works
- Authored books
- Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922–1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.[8]
- Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (2015). Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana Press.[9]
References
- ^ "Ben-Ghiat, Ruth". Library of Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Kwong, Matt (5 June 2018). "Trump muses about pardoning himself. Experts on authoritarianism are horrified". CBC.
- ^ Alexander, Neta (2 April 2017). "The Mistake People Make Regarding Trump's Middle-of-the-night Tweets". Haaretz.
- ^ Blitzer, Jonathan (November 4, 2016). "A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That's Familiar with Trump". The New Yorker.
- ^ Keough, Matthew (13 August 2014). "AHA Member Spotlight: Ruth Ben-Ghiat".
- ^ "Ruth Ben-Ghiat". NYU Arts & Science. New York University. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ DeVega, Chauncey (12 June 2017). "Ruth Ben-Ghiat on how Trump is already using "fascist tactics"". Salon.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- 1960 births
- Historians of fascism
- American women historians
- Cultural critics
- American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Brandeis University alumni
- New York University faculty
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American women writers
- Living people