ELIF KALAYCIOGLU
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama Fall 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Niehaus Center, Princeton University Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota 2013-2019
MSc. European Studies: Ideas and Identities, LSE (with distinction) 2008-2009
B.A. Political Science (Honors), Vassar College 2002-2006
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Kalaycioglu, Elif. Cultural Diversity and World Politics. In the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Oxford University Press. 27 October 2020. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.541.
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Aesthetic Elisions: The Ruins of Palmyra and the 'Good Life' of Liberal Multiculturalism.” International Political Sociology, 27 Feb 2020.
Tagma, Halit Mustafa, Elif Kalaycioglu, and Emel Akcali. “ ‘Taming’ Arab social movements: Exporting neoliberal governmentality.” Security Dialogue 44.5-6 (2013): 375-392.
Book Chapters
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.
Public Writing and Commentary
Kalaycioglu, Elif. “Hagia Sophia and the Multi-Level Politics of Heritage.” Duck of Minerva, 15 Jul 2020: https://duckofminerva.com/2020/07/hagia-sophia-and-the-multi-level-politics-of-heritage.html.
Commentator on “360 Degrees,” HaberTurk, 19 June 2020.
Invited Talks and Workshops
Guest Lecturer, “Monuments and Public Memory,” Bogazici University, School of Politics, 25 July 2020.
Paper 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,” Graduate Seminar on Postcolonialism, Race and Identity in IR, American University, 19 March 2019.
Conference and Workshop Participation
ISA Annual Convention (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
ISA Northeast Annual Conference (2018, 2019)
EISA Annual Convention (2017)
EISA European Workshop in International Studies (2018)
Grants, Awards and Fellowships
Fred Hartmann Award for best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student, ISA Northeast, November 2019.
The Robert T. Holt Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Travel Grant, University of Minnesota, Summer 2018.
N Marbury Efimenco Graduate Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Fall 2017.
Andrew Dickinson Memorial Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Spring 2017.
Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Spring 2017.
Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Summer 2016.
N Marbury Efimenco First Year Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Fall 2013-Spring 2014.
Leonard Woolf Prize, for the best overall performance in MSc program, LSE, 2009.
Chevening Scholarship, British Council, 2008-2009.
Ida Frank Guttman Prize, for the best thesis in political science, Vassar College, 2006.
Julia Flitner Lamb Prize, for excellence in the study of political science, Vassar College, 2005, 2006.
Non-Academic Employment
News Producer, BBC Turkish Service, 2010-2011.
Research Assistant, “A Quest for Equality: Minorities in Turkey,” Minority Rights Group (MRG) Report, November 2006- October 2007.
Research Assistant, “Supranational Rights Litigation, Implementation and the Domestic Impact of Strasbourg Court Jurisprudence: A Case Study of Turkey,” October 2006-May 2007.
Service
Communications Team Member, Contexto Internacional: Journal of Global Connections, Spring 2016-Present.
Peer-Reviewer for Contexto Internacional: Journal of Global Connections and for Journal of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies.
Co-Organizer, Minnesota International Relations Colloquium (MIRC), Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, 2014-2015, 2017-2018.
Co-Organizer, Mentoring Sub-Committee, Graduate Student Life Committee, 2015-2016, 2016-2017.
Member, Teaching Support Sub-Committee, Graduate Student Life Committee, 2016-2017.
Affiliations
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
European International Studies Association