#  The First Fascist 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 9, 2026** 

 04:00PM - 05:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Hoffmann Room, Adolphus Busch Hall**  



 

 



 

History Seminar & The Center for Jewish Studies

Speaker

[Sergio Luzzatto](https://history.uconn.edu/person/sergio-luzzatto/)  
Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History, University of Connecticut

Discussant

[Jessica Marglin](https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/people/jessica-marglin)  
Jacob E. Safra Professor of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University

Discussant

[Susan Rubin Suleiman](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000087-susan-rubin-suleiman)  
C. Douglas Dillon Research Professor of the Civilization of France, Emerita, and Research Professor of Comparative Literature, Emerita, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

### Chairs

[Mary D. Lewis](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/000063-mary-d-lewis)  
Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard History Department, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

[Nathan Perl-Rosenthal](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/people/nathan-perl-rosenthal)  
Senior Research Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Research Professor, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

In his recent biography [*The First Fascist: The Sensational Life and Dark Legacy of the Marquis de Morès*](https://citylights.com/new-nonfiction-in-hardcover/1st-fascist-sensational-life-dark/) (Harvard University Press, 2026), Sergio Luzzatto draws a vivid portrait of the 19th-century French-Italian aristocrat. Morès was the first populist, white supremacist, and openly antisemitic leader in the West. Decades later, Morès's mastery of blending racialized hatred, cross-class solidarity, and paramilitary violence would inspire Benito Mussolini to call it “fascism."

### Sponsors

[History Seminar](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups/history-seminar)  
[Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University](https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/)

[Directions](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/about-us/contact-us#directions)

This event is being hosted elsewhere on campus, and not by the History Department. To learn more, please see the [original event posting](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/11/the-first-fascist).



 

 



 

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