Dr. Chloe Kattar

Biography

Chloe Kattar is a Research Fellow in History at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the modern Middle East, particularly examining the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) within the context of global movements and exchanges of ideas between the Arab-speaking world and Western societies. Kattar's work delves into how conservative thinkers from the non-Western world interpreted concepts such as democracy, constitutionalism, freedom of belief, and minority rights. She pays close attention to migration and the transformation of frontiers, specifically the rise of Christian conservatism during the Lebanese Civil War, analyzing the activities and writings of right-wing Christian intellectuals. Kattar's doctoral thesis intertwined intellectual, social, and diplomatic histories to trace the movement of intellectuals across divided territories. She argues that the rise of conservatism in the 1970s and 1980s should be understood as a global phenomenon rather than one confined to the West. Currently, she is investigating networks of right-wing internationalism, exploring the transnational alliances of conservative activists and writers who sought to counteract the perceived threats of leftism and radicalism in the 20th century. Kattar aims to uncover how the Middle East and the Global South contributed to the revival of conservatism and to reveal the complexities of these concepts through her upcoming research.

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