Assoc Prof Anthony Langlois

Position/s:Head of Discipline; Honours Convenor; Director of Studies, Graduate Programme in International Relations.
International Relations
Phone: +61 8 82015595
Email:
Location: Social Sciences South (316)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Anthony J. Langlois was educated at the University of Tasmania and the Australian National University. From July to December 2010 he was a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Langlois is the author of The Politics of Justice and Human Rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and Co-Editor of Global Democracy and its Difficulties (Routledge 2009). He has published articles in a wide variety of scholarly journals, and sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of several, including Ethics and International Affairs and The Journal of Human Rights. His areas of academic endeavour include International Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Human Rights, International Relations, Religion and Ethics.

Qualifications

  • BA Hons (1st) University of Tasmania 1995
  • PhD Australian National University 2000

Key responsibilities

Head of Discipline of International Relations

Honours Convenor, Discipline of International Relations

Director of Studies, Graduate Programme in International Relations

Teaching

Teaching interests

Human Rights
International Political Theory
International Relations
Global Justice

Topic Coordinator:

Research and supervision

Research expertise

  • Political science

Research interests

  • Human Rights
  • International Political Theory
  • Global Justice
  • International Relations and Religion
  • Ethics and International Affairs

Supervisory interests

  • Ethics
  • Human rights
  • International relations and political theory
  • Political philosophy

RHD Student Achievements

  • Geordan Graetz
    MA
  • Lisa Hancock
    PhD
  • Rizwana Abdul Azeez
    PhD
  • Sanjugta Vas Dev
    PhD

Publications

Books
Langlois, A.J. (2001). The Politics of Justice and Human rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Book chapters
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Liberalism, the ethics of citizenship and religious belief. In Philip Andrew Quadrio and Carrol Besseling, ed. Politics and Religion in the New Century: Philosophical Reflections. Sydney: Sydney University Press, pp. 92-121. [online]. Available from: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920899318.
Refereed journal articles
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Cosmopolitanism and Global Democracy. Astrolabio: revista internacional de filosofia, 12, pp.66-75. [online]. Available from: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Astrolabio/article/view/248546/.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Is global justice a mirage? European Journal of International Relations, 17(1), pp.145-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354066110366044.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Political research and Human Research Ethics Committees. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46(1), pp.141-156. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2010.544287.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). Charity and justice in global poverty relief. Australian Journal of Political Science, 43(4), pp.685-698.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Liberalism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 10(1), pp.29-45. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230601122396.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). The narrative metaphysics of human rights. The International Journal of Human Rights, 9(3), pp.369-387. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642980500170824.
Langlois, A.J. (2004). The Elusive Ontology of Human Rights. Global Society, 18(3), pp.243-261. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360082042000221469.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Human rights and modern liberalism: a critique. Political Studies, 51(3), pp.509-523. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00438.

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Books
Langlois, A.J. (2001). The Politics of Justice and Human rights: Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Book chapters
Langlois, A.J. (2013). Diverse Political Values: Human Rights and Global Democracy. In James Arthur & Terence Lovat, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 263-273.
Langlois, A.J. (2013). Normative and Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights. In Michael Goodhart, ed. Human Rights: Politics and Practice 2nd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 11-26. [online]. Available from: http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199540846/.
Langlois, A. (2013). Diverse political values: human rights and global democracy. In James Arthur and Terence Lovat, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values. Oxon, UK: Routledge, pp. 263-273.
Langlois, A. (2012). Human Rights. In Richard Devetak, Anthony Burke and Jim George, ed. An Introduction to International Relations. USA: Cambridge University Press, pp. 440-449.
Langlois, A.J. (2012). Asian Regionalism and Human Rights: the case of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights. In Mark Beeson and Richard Stubbs, ed. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 216-225. [online]. Available from: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415580540/.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Kukathas, Chandran. In Deen K. Chatterjee, ed. Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 618-620.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Religious Reasons in Political Debate: Jeffrey Stout and the Tradition of Democracy. In Paulo Diego Bubbio and Philip Andrew Quadrio, ed. The Relationship of Philosophy to Religion Today. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 178-200.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Normative and theoretical foundations of human rights. In Michael Goodhart, ed. Human Rights: Politics & Practice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 11-25.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Liberalism, the ethics of citizenship and religious belief. In Philip Andrew Quadrio and Carrol Besseling, ed. Politics and Religion in the New Century: Philosophical Reflections. Sydney: Sydney University Press, pp. 92-121. [online]. Available from: http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781920899318.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Human rights universalism. In Patrick Hayden, ed. The Ashgate Research Companion to Ethics and International Affairs. Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 201-214.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Introduction: the difficulties of global democractization. In Anthony J. Langlois & Karol Edward Soltan, ed. Global Democracy and its Difficulties. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 1-16. [online]. Available from: http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/Global-Democracy-and-its-Difficulties-isbn9780415776523.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Liberal Autonomy and Global Democracy. In Anthony J. Langlois & Karol Edward Soltan, ed. Global Democracy and its Difficulties. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 146-159.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). Human Rights. In Richard Devetek, Anthony Burke, Jim George, ed. An introduction to international relations?: Australian perspectives. Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press, pp. 340-349.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). A New Cosmopolitanism? In J.V. D'Cruz, Bernie Neville, Devika Goonewardene and Phillip Darmy, ed. As others See Us: The Values Debate in Australia. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, pp. 31-41.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Worldviews and international political theory. In Martin Griffiths, ed. International relations theory for the twenty-first century?: an introduction. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 146-156.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). Asian Values. In Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 37-39.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). International covenant on civil and political rights (ICCPR). In Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 416-418.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). International covenant of economic, dultural and social rights. In Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 418-420.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). Human Rights. In Martin Griffiths, ed. Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 385-393. [online]. Available from: http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/dspace/handle/2328/7108.
Refereed journal articles
Langlois, A.J. (2012). Human Rights in Crisis? A Critical Polemic Against Polemical Critics. Journal of Human Rights, 11(4), pp.558-570. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2012.702473.
Langlois, A.J. (2012). Human Rights in Crisis? A Critical Polemic Against Polemical Critics. Journal of Human Rights, 11(4), pp.558-570. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2012.702473.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Cosmopolitanism and Global Democracy. Astrolabio: revista internacional de filosofia, 12, pp.66-75. [online]. Available from: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Astrolabio/article/view/248546/.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Is global justice a mirage? European Journal of International Relations, 17(1), pp.145-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354066110366044.
Langlois, A.J. (2011). Political research and Human Research Ethics Committees. Australian Journal of Political Science, 46(1), pp.141-156. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2010.544287.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). Charity and justice in global poverty relief. Australian Journal of Political Science, 43(4), pp.685-698.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). Liberal theory and the history of liberal rule. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 11(3), pp.353-356. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230802276520.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Liberalism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 10(1), pp.29-45. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698230601122396.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Human rights and the defense of liberal democracy. Journal of Religious Ethics, 35(4), pp.731-750. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9795.2007.00330.x.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Republicanism and Liberalism. Politics, 27(2), pp.76-82. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2007.00282.x.
Langlois, A.J. (2007). Reciprocity in the Justification of Rights. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 13(1), pp.63-77.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). Religion and the defence of human rights. Overland, 181, pp.64-68.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). The narrative metaphysics of human rights. The International Journal of Human Rights, 9(3), pp.369-387. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642980500170824.
Langlois, A.J. (2004). Ambivalence about human rights. Borderlands E-Journal, 3(3). [online]. Available from: http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/vol3no3_2004/langlois_rights.htm.
Langlois, A.J. (2004). The Elusive Ontology of Human Rights. Global Society, 18(3), pp.243-261. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360082042000221469.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Human rights without democracy? A critique of the separationist thesis. Human Rights Quarterly, 25(4), pp.990-1019.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Human rights and modern liberalism: a critique. Political Studies, 51(3), pp.509-523. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00438.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Human rights and stranger narratives. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 9(2), pp.47-68. [online]. Available from: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AJHR/2003/17.html.
Langlois, A.J. (2002). Human rights: the globalisation and fragmentation of moral discourse. Review of International Studies, 28(3), pp.479-496. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210502004795.
Langlois, A.J. (2001). Australian Politics, Human Rights and Moral Authenticity. Policy, Organisation and Society, 19(2), pp.1-22. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=200113914.
Journal articles
Langlois, A.J. (2013). The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Institutionalising Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Australian Journal of International Affairs, (1), pp.123-124. [online]. Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10357718.2013.748283.
Langlois, A.J. (2009). Moral kicks beside the pond [book review]. Australian Book Review, (309), pp.22-23.
Langlois, A.J. (2008). What a Deluge of Miseries. Australian Book Review, 305, pp.42-43.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Ethics and international affairs: extent and limits [Book Review]. Australian Journal of Political Science, 38(1), pp.171-171. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1036114032000056314.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Justice, community and dialogue in international relations [Book Review]. Australian Journal of Political Science, 38(1), pp.183-184. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1036114032000056314.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). World poverty and human rights: cosmopolitan responsibilities and reform [Book Review]. Millenium, 32(1), pp.132-134.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Writing the borders of suffering: M. Anne Brown, "Human Rights and the borders of suffering: The promotion of human rights in international politics" (Book Review). Borderlands E-Journal, 2(3). [online]. Available from: http://borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/vol2no3_2003/langlois_brown.htm.
Langlois, A.J. (2003). Jean-Marc Coicaud, Daniel Warner (eds), "Ethics and International Affairs: Extent and Limits" (book review). Australian Journal of Political Science, 38(1), pp.171-171. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1036114032000056314.
Langlois, A.J. (2002). The Internet communications revolution and the Republic: Cass Sunstein, " republic.com"  (Book Review) (Online). Australian Review of Public Affairs, (11/06/2002). [online]. Available from: http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2002/06/langlois.html.
Other public research outputs
Langlois, A.J. and Soltan, K.E. (2009). Editor (Edited Book). Global democracy and its difficulties.
Langlois, A.J. (2005). Conceiving Human Rights Without Ontology. ¡Human Rights Review, (2), pp.5-24.
Parkin, A.W., Manning, H.R. and Langlois, A.J. (2003). Australian Journal of Political Science [Editors] [July]. , 38(2), pp.195-477.
Parkin, A.W., Manning, H.R. and Langlois, A.J. (2003). Australian Journal of Political Science [Editors] [November]. , 38(3), pp.387-595.
Parkin, A.W., Manning, H.R. and Langlois, A.J. (2003). Australian Journal of Political Science [Editors] [March]. , 38(1), pp.1-190.

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Professional and community engagement

Member of the Ethics Centre of South Australia - Research and Education Committee

On the Editorial Boards of the following Journals: Ethics and International Affairs, Journal of Human Rights, The Open Political Science Journal

Reviewing and referring experience with the following:

Book Publishers: Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Palgrave MacMillan, Continuum Publishers, Polity Press, Wiley Blackwell, Taylor and Francis, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Journals: Political Studies, International Studies Review, Review of International Studies, Global Society, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, The Journal of Human Rights, Human Rights Review, Ethics and International Affairs, The Open Political Science Journal, Australian Journal of Human Rights, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Borderlands e-journal, Global Environmental Politics, Global Change, Peace and Security, Ethics and Global Politics.

PhD examination for: Australian National University, Queensland University, University of New South Wales, Curtin University, University of South Australia.

Member of the following associations: Australasian Political Science Association, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Centre for Applied Philosophy (at Flinders), Centre for Theology, Science and Culture (at Flinders), Australasian Human Research Ethics Association, British International Studies Association, Political Studies Association (UK), Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought.

Expertise for media contact

  • International Relations
  • Human Rights Theory
  • Political Theology
  • Ethics
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Political Philosophy


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