Nate George

Nate George is a historian specializing in Middle East Studies, currently affiliated with the Center for Palestine Studies (CPS) as a Research Fellow. He holds a PhD in History from Rice University and an MA in Middle East Studies from the American University of Beirut. His work focuses on decolonization, political representation, and transnational movements in the Eastern Mediterranean.

• Education: PhD in History (Rice University), MA in Middle East Studies (American University of Beirut)

His first book project, A Third World War, reinterprets the Lebanese civil war through the lens of the Palestinian revolutionary movement, challenging dominant narratives of sectarianism. The research draws on multilingual archives and fieldwork to frame the Cold War as an international civil war driven by periphery struggles.

Publication: Contributing chapter to The Arab Lefts: Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s (Edinburgh University Press, August 2020).Research Support: Funded by prestigious institutions including the Social Science Research Council, Hoover Institution, and Ford Foundation.