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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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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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

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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
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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
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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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
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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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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August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
elifkalay.bsky.social
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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August 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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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
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July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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
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July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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
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July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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@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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July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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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July 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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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
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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