Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals
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Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes about authoritarianism, democracy protection, and propaganda. She is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, a Guggenheim fellow, and Advisor to Protect Democracy. She is an MSNBC opinion columnist and a regular contributor to CNN and The Washington Post. She publishes Lucid, a newsletter on threats to democracy. Her latest book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, looks at how illiberal leaders use propaganda, corruption, violence, and machismo — and how they can be defeated. Professor Ben-Ghiat is the spring 2023 Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
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Public Lecture
Strongmen: How Illiberal Leaders Consolidate Power and How They Can Be Defeated
Thursday, March 2, 2022, 6:30 PM
Art Auditorium
UH Mānoa Campus
Lead Sponsors: Department of American Studies in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters and the William S. Richardson School of Law
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