Chloe Kattar

Dr Chloe Kattar is a historian of the modern Middle East and a Research Fellow in History at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. She specializes in the global movement and exchange of ideas between the Arab-speaking world and Western societies, with a focus on Lebanese conservatism during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). She also serves as the Fellow Librarian at Darwin College and was a Fellow of Europe in the Middle East (EUME) at the Forum Transregionale Studien in Berlin during 2021–2022.

• Research Fellow in History, Darwin College, Cambridge
• Fellow of Europe in the Middle East (EUME), Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin (2021–2022)

Her research intersects world history and political thought, examining how non-Western conservative thinkers engaged with democracy, constitutionalism, freedom of belief, and international order. Previous work focused on Christian conservatism during the Lebanese Civil War, tracing transnational networks of intellectuals. Upcoming research explores right-wing internationalism as a transnational alliance countering leftism and radicalism in the late 20th century, emphasizing the Middle East and Global South’s role in reviving conservatism.

Recent publications include analyses of wartime Lebanese conservatism and the global roots of right-wing ideology. Her academic achievements include a three-time recipient of the Faculty’s Lightfoot Prize for ecclesiastical history.

• Lightfoot Prize (Ecclesiastical History): Awarded three times by the Faculty

At Cambridge, Dr Kattar supervises courses on evidence and argument, world history since 1914, comparative politics in the Middle East, and the politics of the Middle East. She also leads classes on historical argument and practice, focusing on nation and race.