Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Alabama 2020-Present
Visiting Researcher, Politics and International Relations, The University of Edinburgh Spring 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Niehaus Center, Princeton University 2019-2020
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota 2013-2019
MSc. European Studies: Ideas and Identities (with distinction), LSE 2008-2009
B.A. Political Science (Honors), Vassar College 2002-2006
Books
Kalaycioglu, Elif. The Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians and Futures of Humanity. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Journal Articles
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Making World Heritage: Constructing Inter/national Cultural Prestige.” Review of International Studies (forthcoming).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Confirming, Suturing and Transforming International Recognition: The Case of World Heritage.” International Theory (2025).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Wonder and Politics of Nature-Thinking: Beyond Terra Nullius and Into the Anthropocene,” Millennium Journal of International Studies 52:3 (2024): 752-759.
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Cultural Diversity and World Politics.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies (2020).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Aesthetic Elisions: The Ruins of Palmyra and the 'Good Life' of Liberal Multiculturalism.” International Political Sociology, 14:3 (2020): 286-303.
“ ‘Taming’ Arab social movements: Exporting neoliberal governmentality.” Security Dialogue 44.5-6 (2013): 375-392 (with Halit Mustafa Tagma and Emel Akcali)
Book Chapters
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Cultural Diversity and Postcolonialism: Between Recognition and Redistribution,” Alina Sajed and Randolph Persaud (eds). Race, Gender and Culture in International Relations: Postcolonial Perspectives, Routledge. (submitted October 2024).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Humanity and Cultural Diversity,” Duncan Snidal and Michael Barnett (eds). Oxford Handbook of International Institutions (accepted February 2023).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. Notes on the Tourist Gaze, Visiting Mosques, and the Folds of Architecture. In Daniel E. Coslett and Mohammad Gharipour (eds.) Islamic Architecture Today and Tomorrow: (Re)Defining the Field, Intellect Books, 2022 (with Waleed Hazbun).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. Governing Culture ‘Credibly’: Contestation in the World Heritage Regime. In A. Phillips & C. Reus-Smit (Eds.), Culture and Order in World Politics (LSE International Studies). Cambridge University Press, 2020: 294-316.
Book Reviews
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Review: Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics,” H-Diplo (submitted December 2023).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “(New) Constructivism and Power: Theories, Pragmatics and Relations,” H-Diplo, 2023: 6-10.
Kalaycioglu, Elif. Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Sovereignty in Palestine: A Review of Chiara de Cesari’s Heritage and the Cultural Struggle for Palestine, Middle East Research and Information Project, 2021.
Public Writing and Commentary
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Odesa and World Heritage Politics.” Duck of Minerva, 14 March 2023,
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Calling Ukrainian refugees more ‘civilized’ than Syrians requires willful amnesia.” The Monkey Cage Blog, Washington Post, 22 March 2022 (with Lina Benabdallah and Oumar Ba).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Hagia Sophia and the Multi-Level Politics of Heritage.” Duck of Minerva, 15 Jul 2020.
Article Manuscripts in Progress
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Seeking and Subverting Multicultural Status: China and World Heritage” (with Lina Benabdallah).
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Object Extensions and Narrative Connections: Politics of Silk Road Exhibitions.”
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Between World Heritage, Turkey and Armenians: The Archeological Site of Ani.”
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Humanity, Multipolarity and Solidarity: The Case of Nuclear Heritage”
Invited Talks and Workshops
Presenter, “Politics of World Heritage: Visions, Custodians and Futures of Humanity,” Department of Global Inquiry, American University, 16 November 2023.
Presenter, “Seeking World Heritage Security: Between the Territorial and the Narrative,” Securing the Self in Strange Places and Times, Annual Conference, Center for Security Research, University of Edinburgh, 25 April 2023.
Presenter, “Silk Road Exhibits: World Historical Conceptions of Global Politics,” International Relations Research Group Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh, 27 March 2023.
Presenter, “World Historical Thinking in Global Politics: The Case of the Silk Roads,” Global Politics Workshop, New School for Social Research, 21 March 2023.
Guest Lecturer, “Monuments and Public Memory,” Bogazici University, School of Politics, 25 July 2020.
Presenter, “Global Cultural Politics and the World Heritage Regime,” 5th Temple Workshop on International Institutions and Global Governance, Temple University, 8 November 2019.
Guest Lecturer, “World Historical Negotiations through World Heritage: The Cases of the Hiroshima Memorial and African Liberation Heritage Sites,” American University, 19 March 2019.
Teaching
Graduate, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama
· PSC 641: Norms and Institutions
· PSC 642: Key Concepts in IR
Undergraduate, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama
· PSC 345: Issues in Global Governance
· PSC 421: Humanitarianism
· PSC 421: International Orders
· PSC 421: Global Politics of Expertise
Student Supervision and Mentoring
Graduate, University of Alabama
· Nilay Gencer, PhD Dissertation Co-Advisor (active)
· Kaitlyn Crouch, PhD Dissertation Advisor (active)
· Utkarsh Roy Choudhry, PhD Dissertation External Committee Member (Dept of Geography) (active)
· Austin Schutz, PhD Dissertation Committee Member (2020-2023)
· Myles Williamson, PhD Dissertation Committee Member (2022-2024)
Undergraduate, University of Alabama
Research Supervision
· Emma Kenny (2021-2022), ASSURE Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient
· Ann Williams (2021-2022), ASSURE Undergraduate Research Grant Recipient
Service
Department:
· Undergraduate Studies Committee, Fall 2021-present.
· Outside Speakers Committee, Fall 2020-present.
· Planning Committee, Fall 2023.
· Recurring Contract Assistant Professor Search Committee, Fall 2022.
· Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Spring 2021-Spring 2024.
· College Postdoc Committee, Spring 2021, Fall 2023.
Professional:
· Editor, International Political Sociology, January 2025-present.
· Editorial Board Member, Review of International Studies, January 2024-present.
· Editorial Board Member, SPECTRA: The Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Theory Archives Journal, Spring 2022-present.
· Communications Team Member, Contexto Internacional: Journal of Global Connections, Spring 2016-Present.
· President Elect, ISA Northeast, November 2024-present.
· Program Chair, ISA Northeast, November 2023-November 2024.
· Governing Council Member, ISA Northeast, November 2022-present.
· Committee Chair, ISA Theory Section, Best Paper Award, July-August 2023.
· Peer-Reviewer, International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of International Relations and Development, Third World Quarterly, Contexto Internacional: Journal of Global Connections, Journal of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, SPECTRA, Journal of Social Archeology, Critical Security Studies.
· Book-Reviewer, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Bloomsbury Academic Publishing.
Public:
· Guest Speaker, Tuscaloosa Takes on the World, Fall 2021, Spring 2022.
Conference Participation
BISA (2025)
ISA Annual Convention (2014-2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 (cancelled), 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
ISA Northeast Annual Conference (2018-2024)
APSA (2022 (accepted, had to withdraw due to visa issues)
EISA Annual Convention (2017)
EISA European Workshop in International Studies (2018)
Grants, Awards and Fellowships
Grants:
· College Academy of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (CARSCA), University of Alabama, Spring-Fall 2023.
· Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Spring 2017.
Awards:
· Fred Hartmann Award for Best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student, ISA Northeast, November 2019.
· Certificate for Outstanding Teaching and Dedication to Helping Students Learn, Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota, Spring 2018.
· Leonard Woolf Prize, for the best overall performance in MSc program, LSE, 2009.
Fellowships:
· The Robert T. Holt Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Fall 2018-Spring 2019.
· Andrew Dickinson Memorial Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Spring 2017.
· Chevening Scholarship, British Council, 2008-2009.