Federico Finchelstein

{{Short description|Argentine historian}}

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Federico Finchelstein is an Argentine historian and chair of the history department at the New School for Social Research and is director of the Janey Program in Latin American Studies.

After receiving his undergraduate education at the University of Buenos Aires, he received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2006. He has previously taught at Brown University.

Finchelstein is an expert on transatlantic Fascism and the modern history of Argentina.{{Cite web|work=Deutsche Welle|url=https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-the-links-between-us-and-german-neo-nazis/a-40127263|title=What are the links between US and German neo-Nazis?|first=Cristina|last=Burack|date=16 August 2017}}{{Cite journal|journal=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6d57a338-3be9-11e8-bcc8-cebcb81f1f90|title=Fascism revisited? A warning about the rise of populism|first=Mark|last=Mazower|date=11 April 2018}} He has authored books on populism, Dirty Wars, the Holocaust and Jewish history in Latin America and Europe. He has been a commentator on politics in The Guardian and The New York Times, as well as other publications in Argentina and elsewhere.