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Propaganda and Personality Cults: from Mussolini to Trump

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat will give a talk on the topic of her book, "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" (2020).

5/19/2021

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Virtual Event

Sponsored by: Leslie Center for the Humanities

Intended Audience(s): Public

Categories: Lectures & Seminars

The Italian Studies Working Group presents a lecture with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, "Propaganda and Personality Cults: from Mussolini to Trump" Wednesday, May 19th, at 2:30pm EST.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American historian and cultural critic. She is a scholar on facism and authoritarianism leaders and a Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She is the author of, "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present" (202), "Italian Facism's Empire Cinema" (2015), and "Fascist Moderities: Italy, 1922-1945" (2001).

Please access the event with this Zoom link: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/j/99518400951?pwd=U1FoRVdsUWkwdm01VXFJV1lGVjFhdz09

Meeting ID: 995 1840 0951 Passcode: 472721

This event is sponsored by the Italian Studies Working Group and the Leslie Center for the Humanities.

For more information, contact:

Erin Bennett

erin.e.bennett@dartmouth.edu

Permanent URL to this event: https://president.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=63426

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