Prof Anthony F Lang Jr.
Professor
Biography
Professor Anthony F Lang, Jr. holds a Chair in International Political Theory in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He received his BA in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and his MA and PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1996. He was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo from 1996 through 2000. From 2000 through 2003, he served as a Programme Officer at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he directed programmes on ethics and the use of force, religion and US Foreign Policy, and ethics in higher education. Prior to arriving in St Andrews in 2004, he taught courses at Albright College, Yale University, and Bard College.
He is one of the founding editors of the scholarly journal, Global Constitutionalism. He now serves on its editoral board, along with the boards of Ethics & International Affairs and the Journal of International Political Theory. He has been active in the International Studies Association (ISA), serving as President of the International Ethics section (2003-2004), Programme Chair for the Human Rights Section (2006-2008), Chair of the International Ethics Book Prize Committee (2009-2011), and Chair of the Academic Freedom Committee (2016-2018). He has served as a consultant for the UNODC on ethics in higher education and the UK Ministry of Defense on ethical and legal issues. He has been an external examiner for academic programmes at the LSE, Edinburgh University, Durham University, and Glasgow University. He has examined PhD students at numerous institutions in the UK, Germany and Norway.
Within the University of St Andrews, he founded the Centre for Global Constitutionalism in 2007 and directed it until 2016. He has served as the Head of School (2016-2019) for the School of International Relations, along with numerous other roles in the School. He teaches modules on international political theory, ethics and the use of force, global constitutionalism, and other themes and topics in international relations and political theory.
Research areas
Professor Lang's research focuses on the intersection of politics, law and ethics at the global level. These themes are explored through the lens of global constitutionalism, human rights, international responsibility, and the just war tradition. Within these different areas, Professor Lang has focused on issues such as global constituent power, international organizations, international law, and military intervention. His work has drawn on 20th century figures such as Hans Morgenthau, Hannah Arendt, and Judith Shklar, and historical figures such as Aristotle and Hugo Grotius.
Professor Lang's previous work has addressed international political theory, with a particular focus on questions of agency, responsibility and punishment. These theoretical questions have been explored through various global practices such as humanitarian intervention, international security strategy, war crimes, and counter terrorism policy.
PhD supervision
- Katharina Hunfeld
- Holly Marshall
- Aristidis Agoglossakis Foley
- Josephine Jackson
- Nasrin Akhter
- Mary Dodd
Selected publications
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Climate change and cosmopolitan responsibilities
Lang, A. & Hafliðadóttir, H., 2019, The State and Cosmopolitan Responsibilities. Beardsworth, R., Brown, G. W. & Shapcott, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 183-202 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Constitutions are the answer! Hannah Arendt, revolution and the Arab uprisings
Lang, A., 2019, Arendt on Freedom, Liberation, and Revolution . Kei, H. (ed.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 225-251 (Philosophers in Depth).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Ethics and Security
Lang, A. & Papamichail, A., 2019, International Studies Encyclopeadia. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Introduction: The Politics of International Political Theory
Lang, A. & Albert, M., 2018, The Politics of International Political Theory: Reflections on the Works of Chris Brown. Lang, Jr, A. & Albert, M. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-18Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Justice and (Global Constitutionalism): The International Criminal Court in the Global Order
Lang, A. & Birdsall, A., 2018, Accessing and Implementing Human Rights and Justice. London: Routledge, p. 18-38Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Postscriptum: Chris Brown, and International Political Theory anywhere else but in Bayreuth
Lang, A. & Albert, M., 2018, The Politics of International Political Theory: Reflections on the Work of Chris Brown. Albert, M. & Lang, Jr, A. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 257-264Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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The Politics of International Political Theory: Reflections on the Work of Chris Brown
Lang, A. & Albert, M., 2018, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 268 p.Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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Violence and International Political Theory
Lang, A., 2018, Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory. Brown, C. & Eckersley, R. (eds.). Oxford, p. 195-208Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Global constituent power: Protests and human rights
Lang, A., 1 May 2017, Protecting human rights in the 21st century. Hehir, A. & Murray, R. W. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 19-33 15 p. (Routledge studies in intervention and statebuilding).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Handbook of global constitutionalism
Lang Jr., A. F. (ed.) & Wiener, A. (ed.), 21 Oct 2017, Cheltenham: Edward Edgar Publishing. 480 p. (Research handbooks on globalisation and the law)Research output: Book/Report ? Book