Harshan 
KUMARASINGHAM

 
The University of Edinburgh 
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17 March 2020 to 19 March 2020

Dr Harshan Kumarasingham is from New Zealand where he read History and Politics, completing his doctorate in Comparative Politics at Victoria University of Wellington. His work, encompassing the disciplines of Politics, History and Law, is wide-ranging covering British Politics and History; Comparative Politics and History, particularly of the former British Empire and Commonwealth; South Asian studies; Constitutional history and politics; Executive Power; State-Building and Decolonization; Parliamentary issues; the Crown; and the Westminster model and its export across the world.

Dr Kumarasingham is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and also sits on their Advisory Board. He is also an Affiliated Scholar at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Disciplines of Politics, History and Law, Comparative Politics and History, particularly of the former British Empire and Commonwealth, South Asian studies, Constitutional history and politics, Executive Power, State-Building and Decolonization, Parliamentary issues

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