Winston Langley

Winston Langley is Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and Senior Fellow, McCormack Graduate School for Policy and Global Studies, at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has taught for over 40 years and served as Provost of the university from 2008 to 2017. A self-proclaimed world federalist, the distinguished scholar of human rights and global governance Winston Langley is a longtime friend and advisor of the Ikeda Center. His earliest associations with the Center date back to the early 90s when he was a frequent participant in seminars addressing matters of ethics and international affairs. His association has continued to the present day, with highlights in the 2000’s such as his participation in the 2011 soft power dialogue with Nur Yalman. He also played a key role in the Center’s 20th anniversary celebrations. In 2019 he discussed “inner journeys and global transformations” the Center’s Mitch Bogen. At Dr. Langley’s author page, he describes his work like this:

“The principal focus of his research and writing has been in the area of international relations dealing with models of global order, with strong emphasis on human rights and criticism of the present a-moral system, which is based on sovereign nation-states. He sees this system as the primary source of international violence, including war, and the unending cause of human rights abuse. Women and children have been an area of his human rights research and writing, his book (with Vivian Fox), on Women’s Rights in the United States, won Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award on human rights in North America. He has always had a deep interest in the role of images in human behavior, and for years taught a course on images of world politics through film and literature. His two latest books are War Between U.S. and China and While the US Sleeps.”

Photo by Marilyn Humphries