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Research Interests: Social and Political Thought, Global History, Empires and Colonies, Nations and Nationalism, East-West comparisons. Krishan Kumar is a University Professor, as well as William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.
Mr. Kumar's current interests focus on empires and imperial peoples. Related interests include nationalism and nation identity, Europe, global history, and problems of historical sociology.
His research interests include nationalism and European and human history. [3]
Among his publications are 1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals (2001), The Making of English National Identity (2003), and Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World (2017). He is a frequent contributor to the Times Literary Supplement.
The Making of English National Identity, first published in 2003, is a fascinating exploration of Englishness and what it means to be English. Drawing on historical, sociological and literary theory, Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from earliest times to the present day.
Visions of Empire. How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World by Krishan Kumar can be seen as another branch of this historiographical tree. ‘Empire,’ Kumar boldly states, ‘can be the prism through which to examine many of the pressing problems of the contemporary world – perhaps even the birth pangs of a new world order.’
