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Name Dr Vernon Hewitt
Job title Senior Lecturer in Politics
Department School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol
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Telephone number work(0117) 954 6658
Qualifications BA(EAnglia), DPhil(Oxon)
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Keywords South Asia
Indian politics
Pakistan politics
Kashmir
British colonial history
development
British Indian Empire
Commonwealth
Areas of expertise I am an expert on South Asia, both historically with reference to the British Indian Empire, and with reference to the regional states themselves and current issues.

I am particularly interested and involved in Kashmir and political solutions for the Kashmir problem.

I am also an expert on British colonial reform from the late 1930s onwards and on the politics of decolonisation
Media experience BBC World Service 1989-90
Frequent contributer to local radio, BBC television, CNN and Sky.