Elif Kalaycioglu
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Elif Kalaycioglu
@elifkalay.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at The University of Alabama. Writes on world heritage politics, cultural diversity, politics of humanity.

I have a book - "Politics of World Heritage" - https://academic.oup.com/book/59660
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elifkalay.bsky.social
This BISA blog post overviews the key wagers of our co-edited (@jelenasubotic.bsky.social) @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on Global Heritage Politics.

AND it includes brief synopses of all contributions to the SI, hyperlinked for your convenience!

www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/glo...
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
Elif Kalaycioglu and Jelena Subotić discuss their RIS article and the special issue it introduces.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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therealisthom.bsky.social
Check out this intro to our forthcoming special issue, by two scholarly forces of nature
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
#FirstView from @risjnl.bsky.social -

Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics - https://cup.org/4qUpTSA

- @elifkalay.bsky.social & @jelenasubotic.bsky.social
Logo and promotional banner for "Review of International Studies" featuring a partial image of the moon on a deep blue background with the hashtag #FirstView.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
Our special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage meets the world! @jelenasubotic.bsky.social
jelenasubotic.bsky.social Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 14d
🚨Special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and yours truly for @risjnl.bsky.social is now fully out! The project is about placing cultural heritage at the core of IR. Here is the intro, individual articles in thread👇
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
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November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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internatltheory.bsky.social
#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.
September 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige by me (@elifkalay.bsky.social)

6/6

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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The 19th-century ‘antiquities rush’ and the international competition for cultural status by @jelenasubotic.bsky.social

5/6

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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
Heritage as power: History and tradition in constructing Brazil’s far-right populism by @debfrombrazil.bsky.social and Guilherme Casarões

4/6

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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
Crimes against cultural heritage: World-building at the International Criminal Court by Matthew Weinert

3/6

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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
Catharsis, rearticulation of desire and ontological insecurity: The case of Serbia’s attachment to Kosovo by @filipejdus.bsky.social and Marina Vulovic.

2/6

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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
🚨 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.

@jelenasubotic.bsky.social

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risjnl.bsky.social 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
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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internatltheory.bsky.social
#OpenAccess from our new 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.
August 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
elifkalay.bsky.social
And if world heritage/heritage politics is your jam, here is another recent one:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige
www.cambridge.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
In some excellent company. Here's my piece: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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August 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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!
August 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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risjnl.bsky.social
🧵Excellent preview thread on a forthcoming special issue on heritage politics edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and @jelenasubotic.bsky.social! More to come ⬇️
elifkalay.bsky.social 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:
July 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social turned to the 'antiquities rush' of the 19th century to show the long entanglement of heritage with international status competition

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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
www.cambridge.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
I wrote about the work that "humanity" does in the construction of a distinctly international form of cultural prestige via UNESCO's world heritage:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
World heritage and inter/national cultural prestige
www.cambridge.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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:
July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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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July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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/
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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/
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM