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Nukhet Sandal
Nukhet Sandal is an Associate Professor and an Associate Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. She earned her Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from University of Southern California in 2010 and she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute of International Studies at Brown University between 2010-13. She has published articles in the European Journal of International Relations, International Politics, Review of International Studies, Alternatives, Political Studies, West European Politics, Human Rights Quarterly, Politics and Religion, and Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Her article, “Religious Actors as Epistemic Communities in Conflict Transformation: The Cases of Northern Ireland and South Africa” was awarded the “Best 2011 Article in Review of International Studies” by BISA/Cambridge University Press. Her book (with Jonathan Fox), Religion in International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities came out in 2013 from Routledge, and her book, Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation came from Cambridge University Press in 2017.
With Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Sandal served as the Program Chair of the 2019 ISA Annual Convention. Previously, she served as the Chair of both the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section and the Religion and International Relations Section of the International Studies Association. Sandal is the Chair-Elect of the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
She is the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Research in Social Sciences Award (by the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University); 2019 Cutler Scholars Distinguished Mentor Award; 2017 University Professor Award; 2016 Honors Tutorial College Best Tutor Award; and 2016 Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award.
Her article, “Religious Actors as Epistemic Communities in Conflict Transformation: The Cases of Northern Ireland and South Africa” was awarded the “Best 2011 Article in Review of International Studies” by BISA/Cambridge University Press. Her book (with Jonathan Fox), Religion in International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities came out in 2013 from Routledge, and her book, Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation came from Cambridge University Press in 2017.
With Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Sandal served as the Program Chair of the 2019 ISA Annual Convention. Previously, she served as the Chair of both the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section and the Religion and International Relations Section of the International Studies Association. Sandal is the Chair-Elect of the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
She is the recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Research in Social Sciences Award (by the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University); 2019 Cutler Scholars Distinguished Mentor Award; 2017 University Professor Award; 2016 Honors Tutorial College Best Tutor Award; and 2016 Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award.
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delegitimize rival perspectives within their own religious
tradition? What kind of frames do they use to undermine the
arguments of others? Although there is a rich literature that
studies interreligious violence and how religious organizations
use faith-based symbols and narratives to justify action against
“the other”, intra-religious dynamics of competition and how
public theologies, strands, and perspectives within religions
compete have been understudied. In this article, I introduce the
concept of “outbidding frames”. I show how two radical Islamic
organizations, Al-Qaida and the Islamic State employed different
frames against the like-minded groups and actors within their
tradition. Using organizations’ publications and statements, I
identify common outbidding frames based on political legitimacy;
loyalty; morality; (anti)secularity; and methodology.
delegitimize rival perspectives within their own religious
tradition? What kind of frames do they use to undermine the
arguments of others? Although there is a rich literature that
studies interreligious violence and how religious organizations
use faith-based symbols and narratives to justify action against
“the other”, intra-religious dynamics of competition and how
public theologies, strands, and perspectives within religions
compete have been understudied. In this article, I introduce the
concept of “outbidding frames”. I show how two radical Islamic
organizations, Al-Qaida and the Islamic State employed different
frames against the like-minded groups and actors within their
tradition. Using organizations’ publications and statements, I
identify common outbidding frames based on political legitimacy;
loyalty; morality; (anti)secularity; and methodology.