Faculty

L.H.M. Ling

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Associate Professor of International Affairs

Ph.D., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Political Science, Wellesley College.

L.H.M. Ling (PhD, MIT) is Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, New School for Public Engagement (NSPE) and Associate Professor in the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, at The New School in New York City.  Her research focuses on developing a post-Westphalian approach to world politics through the notion of "multiple worlds" or worldism.  Dr. Ling is the author of four books: Postcolonial International Relations: Conquest and Desire between Asia and the West (2002), Transforming World Politics: from Empire to Multiple Worlds (2009), co-authored with Anna M. Agathangelou (York University), The Daoof World Politics: Towards a Post-Westphalian, Worldist International Relations (2013), and Imagining World Politics: Sihar & Shenya, a Fable for Our Times (2014). Forthcoming is an edited volume titled, Rethinking Borders and Security, India and China: New Connections for Ancient Geographies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014). Under development are two other book projects: a textbook, Learning World Politics: People, Power, Perspective, Volume I: Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, to introduce Other worlds to IR/world politics; and a book of pedagogical plays titled, Play on Worlds: A Performative Pedagogy for International Relations.  From 2008-2010, Dr. Ling was a Faculty Fellow with the India China Institute (ICI) at The New School. Dr. Ling's articles have appeared in various journals and anthologies.

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Courses Taught

Non-Western Approaches to the World; India China Interactions; Art and Politics