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Sergio Luzzatto is Professor and the Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History at the University of Connecticut, Department of History. He joined UConn in 2020 after nearly twenty years as a full professor of European Modern History at the University of Turin. His career bridges French and Italian historical scholarship with a focus on Modern Europe's political evolution.
His educational background includes dual Ph.D. credentials: one from Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, and another from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.
Luzzatto's research spans nineteenth-twentieth century Italian history, eighteenth-nineteenth century French history, and twentieth century Jewish studies. His work explores the longue durée of Modern Europe's political cultures—from Thermidorian Reaction to Italian Risorgimento, Interwar France to Post-WWII Italy—with particular expertise in Fascist Italy, Holocaust studies, and religious history. He examines how political rituals, collective memory, and ideological transformations shape national identities.
His publications reveal evolving scholarly trajectories: early French Revolution studies transitioned to Italian Fascism and Jewish history, culminating in recent works on Red Brigades terrorism, Primo Levi's legacy, and Holocaust orphans. These demonstrate methodological range across political, cultural, and transnational history frameworks.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Cundill History Prize (2011) for Padre Pio—notably the only non-English original work to win this prestigious award
As a public intellectual, Luzzatto actively engages broader audiences through television productions (L’Altra Storia on La7, 2002-2003) and regular contributions to La Stampa, Corriere della Sera, and Il Sole 24 Ore. His current research investigates the Marquis de Morès' proto-fascist legacy in late nineteenth-century France, with a book forthcoming from Harvard University Press (2026).
