Mr Jeremy Kingsley 

Following a national application process, the first Doctoral Scholarship was awarded in 2006 to Mr Jeremy Kingsley, for a period of three years. Mr Kingsley's thesis topic is ‘Religious Law and Violent Conflict in Lombok'.

He joined the Asian Law Centre in 2003 as a research assistant to Professor Tim Lindsey and editorial assistant to the Australian Journal of Asian Law. Jeremy is a graduate of Deakin University, having completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 2001. Jeremy has recently completed the Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne (focusing on Asian Law and Comparative Legal Studies). Prior to this Jeremy practiced as a lawyer at a major city law firm.

Jeremy is currently a PhD Candidate in the Melbourne Law School, under the supervision of Professor Tim Lindsey and Professor Abdullah Saeed. In 2007-2008, he will be undertaking fieldwork in Lombok, Indonesia, as part of his doctoral research. This research is supported by an Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Award and an ARC Federation Fellowship doctoral scholarship.

Jeremy's research interests include comparative legal studies, Indonesian law, Islamic jurisprudence and interdisciplinary research. Jeremy has written widely and has had articles published in the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law and the European Business Law Review, as a co-author of several chapters in edited collections on Islamic and Indonesian legal issues and writes regular opinion pieces in the Melbourne Herald Sun, the Australian and Straits Times (Singapore).