Academic Essays
Trump’s Elevation of Charles Kushner Has Eerie Historical Parallels
MSNBC, December 6, 2024
Crossing the Line: Why “Republicans for Harris” is a Great Pro-Democracy Move
Lucid, August 14, 2024
Opinion: Authoritarianism and hatred are no match for a politics of love
The Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2024
‘Rule of the Lawless’: What Does the Authoritarian Playbook Look Like?
The Guardian, July 13, 2024
The New-Old Authoritarianism
Project Syndicate, June 7, 2024
Ruth Ben-Ghiat has been recognized for her groundbreaking interdisciplinary work throughout her career. Her scholarship on fascism, World War Two, and visual propaganda has introduced new approaches, broken with prevailing orthodoxies, and integrated new sources, from forgotten Fascist-era films and novels to documents from the United Nations War Crimes Commission.