Ruth Ben-Ghiat Lecture. Strongmen: Why people follow them and how they can be defeated

Name: Ruth Ben-Ghiat Lecture. Strongmen: Why people follow them and how they can be defeated
Start: 2024-10-03T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Iowa Memorial Un, Iowa City, IA 52245, United States

Schedule

Thu Oct 03 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Iowa Memorial Un, Iowa City, IA 52245, United States | Iowa City, IA

For the last two decades, authoritarian movements have attained considerable strength, and far-right leaders have ascended to power across the globe. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a leading expert on fascism, the appeal of strongmen, and their use of propaganda will lay out the “playbook” authoritarian leaders from Mussolini to Putin to Trump have followed to gain power, wield it, and evade accountability for their actions. Dr. Ben-Ghiat will use her deep historical knowledge to explore threats to democracy in the United States and elsewhere.
Hosted by the University of Iowa Lecture Committee and Iowa City Foreign Relations Council