Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Born	(1960-04-17) April 17, 1960 (age 64) United States
Occupations	Historian academic
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (2004)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Brandeis University (PhD)
Thesis	The formation of a Fascist culture: the Realist movement in Italy, 1930–43 (1991)
Academic work
Discipline	Italian history history of fascism
Institutions	New York University
Main interests	Culture of fascism authoritarianism propaganda
Notable works	Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
Website	ruthbenghiat.com

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.