Title: “Building and Contesting Nuclear Order: France’s Atomic Tests in Algeria and the Transnational Politics of Proliferation”
Date and Time: 23 February 12, 12:30
Venue: A-130 Seminar Room, FEASS.
Speaker: Leyla Tığlay
Short bio:
Dr. Leyla Tığlay is an international/diplomatic historian whose research connects archival research to debates in international relations, including Cold War, great power politics, decolonization, and the global governance of technology. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University’s Watson School for International and Public Affairs. Dr. Tığlay received her PhD in History from the Ohio State University, where her dissertation examined France’s nuclear testing program in colonial Algeria and African diplomatic mobilization against nuclear testing during the Cold War. This research forms the basis of her book manuscript, “Radiant Legacies: Decolonization and the Global Politics of Nuclear Testing,” which draws on multi-archival research conducted across three continents, in French, British, and American repositories as well as materials from Ghanaian and Nigerian archives.
Dr. Tığlay ‘s dual training in political science and history shapes her approach to research. She holds an MA in Political Science from Boston University and an MA from SOAS, University of London, combining social science methodological training with regional expertise in Europe and Africa. Her research has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, with additional publications forthcoming. She was the Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and held doctoral fellowships from the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Bush School Center for Grand Strategy. Her research has also received support from the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, the Wilson Center, Duke University’s Triangle Institute for Security Studies, and the Clements Center for National Security. At Brown, she teaches courses on the global politics and history of technology. Originally from Istanbul, Dr. Tığlay began her career as a Turkish diplomat serving in Ankara, Brussels, and Yaoundé before pursuing an academic career.