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Berel Lang (November 13, 1933 – September 8, 2025) was an American professor of philosophy and author. His research interests included political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, literary theory.[1][2] A considerable amount of his work was devoted to The Holocaust.[2]
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, he earned his B.A. from Yale University (1954)[2] and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University (1961, thesis: The Cognitive Significance of Art[3]); he took additional studies at Indiana University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
Lang was a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado from 1961 to 1983 and at the State University of New York at Albany from 1983 to 1997. In 1997 he became professor of humanities at Trinity College (Connecticut). He also was visiting professor in several other universities.[2]