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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Sep 1

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Confirming, suturing and transforming international recognition: the case of world heritage - cup.org/4de49e6

- @elifkalay.bsky.social

International Theory abstract discussing the addition of the Forth Bridge on UNESCO's World Heritage List and its impact on Scotland and the United Kingdom, as well as a broader analysis of heritage sites' recognition and symbolic transformations.

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige by me (@elifkalay.bsky.social)

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World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status by @jelenasubotic.bsky.social

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The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism by @debfrombrazil.bsky.social and Guilherme Casarões

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Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court by Matthew Weinert

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Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic.

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Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 New contribution to our co-edited @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on politics of cultural heritage just dropped!

And I linked all the other contributions below, so you don't have to go hunting for them.

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨New First View Article🚨

"Restitution of colonial heritage collections: Partial norm implementation in Belgium and the United Kingdom" by Franziska Boehme is now available #OpenAccess!

Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/lnjuWB0

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Aug 15

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

Confirming, suturing and transforming international recognition: the case of world heritage - cup.org/4de49e6

- @elifkalay.bsky.social

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 13

And if world heritage/heritage politics is your jam, here is another recent one:

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World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 13

In some excellent company. Here's my piece: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Aug 7

ALERT! Application deadline for the ISA Northeast Pedagogy workshop extended to August 15! The workshop is an excellent way that ISA-NE supports grad students applying for jobs and early career academics at the tenure stage. If that's you, apply!! In any case, please help spread the word!

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Jul 28

🧵Excellent preview thread on a forthcoming special issue on heritage politics edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and @jelenasubotic.bsky.social! More to come ⬇️

Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

So, @jelenasubotic.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue on heritage politics for @risjnl.bsky.social, and the contributions are starting to drop on first view!

Stay tuned for our co-authored introductory essay and more contributions but here is what we have so far:

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

And if all that has you feeling down re. heritage politics, here's a contribution from Matthew Weinert about the possibilities that open up with heritage destruction becoming part of ICC's mandate:

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Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court

www.cambridge.org

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

But wait! There's more. @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic explore how a proposed land swap between Serbia and Kosovo resulted in the recovery of Helen of Anjou's heritage to construct Northern Kosovo as a space of Serbian heritage and attachment

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Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo

www.cambridge.org

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

Next up we have @debfrombrazil.bsky.social and Guilherme Casarões illustrating how Bolsonaro stitched together a socially conservative heritage narrative to build both domestic power and international alliances

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Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism

www.cambridge.org

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

@jelenasubotic.bsky.social turned to the 'antiquities rush' of the 19th century to show the long entanglement of heritage with international status competition

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The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

I wrote about the work that "humanity" does in the construction of a distinctly international form of cultural prestige via UNESCO's world heritage:

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World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 28

So, @jelenasubotic.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue on heritage politics for @risjnl.bsky.social, and the contributions are starting to drop on first view!

Stay tuned for our co-authored introductory essay and more contributions but here is what we have so far:

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 23

For more see: academic.oup.com/book/59660

The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians, and Futures of Humanity

Abstract. In The Politics of World Heritage, Elif Kalaycioglu analyzes UNESCO’s flagship regime, which seeks to curate a cultural history of humanity, atta

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 23

And yet, they also attach that diversity to states. In other words, recognizing the cultural diversity of humanity becomes compliance with state wills at world heritage. This marginalizes civil society and indigenous groups 4/

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 23

This contestatory participation builds, in part, on long-standing unhappiness with the representational imbalances of world heritage, resulting in an uneven distribution of cultural prestige. In speaking to that unhappiness, rising powers emphasize the diversity of humanity. 3/

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 23

In my book, "The Politics of World Heritage," out from @oupacademic.bsky.social, I devote a chapter to states' engagement with world heritage since 2010. I show how this is a time of increased and contestatory participation by "rising powers" 2/

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 23

UNESCO is on the news again with the US withdrawal from it (also again). Some coverage points out how this only solidifies China's position and influence in the organization. This is true but not all 1/

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 8

@jelenasubotic.bsky.social, see, it's right there at the top!

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Elif Kalaycioglu @elifkalay.bsky.social · Jul 7

I tried to do this very same thing, and somehow did not manage to tag you.

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