Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies

Conferences

March 19 - 21, 2009

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE STATE OF SIKH AND PUNJAB STUDIES SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Held at the Department of History,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

(sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, ICSSR and the Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara)

I. OPENING SESSION: 10:00-11:30
(March 19, 2009)

Chair: Jai Rup Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bhatinda

A Perspective on the Work and Contribution of J.S. Grewal: An Address by Prithipal Singh Kapur, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Releasing of J.S. Grewal’s A Study of Guru Granth Sahib by Prithipal Singh Kapur, GNDU, and The Sikhs: Ideology, Institutions and Identity by John S. Hawley, Columbia University, New York

J.S. Grewal and Rahuldeep Singh Gill

Gurinder Singh Mann and John S. Hawley

II. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

Sr. No.	Speaker	Title	Chair
1	Harjit Singh Gill, Punjabi University, Patiala	Historiography and Guru Nanak in History	Bhagwan Josh, JNU, New Delhi
2	Gurinder Singh Mann, UC Santa Barbara, U.S.A.	Guru Nanak in Modern Historiography	John S. Hawley, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A
3	Rahuldeep Singh Gill UC Santa Barbara	Revisiting the Career of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla	B.S. Dhillon, GNDU, Amritsar
4	Shinder Singh Thandi, Coventry University, U.K.	Sikh Studies and the Sikh Diaspora	Darshan S.Tatla, University of Birmingham, U.K.
5	Darshan Singh Tatla University of Birmingham, U.K.	Rereading Contesting Interpretations of the Sikh Tradition	Gurinder Singh Mann, UC Santa Barbara
6	Jaspal Kaur, Punjabi University, Patiala	Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition	N. Muthu Mohan, University of Madurai
7	N. Muthu Mohan, Uni. of Madurai, T.N.	Prof. J. S. Grewal on Sri Guru Granth Sahib	Balkar Singh, Punjabi U., Patiala
8	Tejwant Singh Gill, GNDU, Amritsar	Evaluating the Analysis	P. S. Kapur, GNDU, Amritsar
9	Shashi Joshi, JNU, New Delhi	Caste and Gender in Pre-Colonial Punjab	Swaranjit Mehta, Panjab University
10	Chetan Singh, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla	Approach to the Study of Regional History	Indu Banga, Panjab University
11	Bhagwan Josh, JNU, New Delhi	Micro-History: The Evolution of a New Genre	Chetan Singh, Himachal University, Shimla
12	Surjit Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala	Historical Studies in Punjabi Literature	J.S. Rahi, GNDU, Amritsar
13	J.S. Rahi, GNDU, Amritsar	Heer-Waris as a Social Document	Harjeet S. Gill, Punjabi U., Patiala
14	Himadri Banerjee, Jadavpur University , Kolkata	General Histories of the Sikhs with special reference to The Sikhs of the Punjab	K.L. Tuteja, Kurukshetara University
15	Sheena Pall, Panjab University, Chandigarh	Study of the Singh Sabha Movement	Himadri Banerjee, Jadavpur Uni.
16	K. L. Tuteja, Kurukshetara University	Treatment of Sikh Identity in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century	Shinder Singh Thandi, Coventry University, U.K.
17	H.S. Mehta, Panjab University, Chandigarh	The Issue of Sikh Identity	Shinder Singh Thandi, Coventry University, U.K.
18	Karamjit Kaur Malhotra, Panjab University	The Early Sikh Rahitnamas: Approach and Interpretation	Gurinder Singh Mann, UC Santa Barbara
19	Indu Banga, Panjab University, Chandigar)	Historiographical Treatment of the Sikh Political Process	Gurinder Singh Mann, UC Santa Barbara

III. VALEDICTORY SESSION 12:00-1:30 ( March 21, 09)

Chair- Gurinder Singh Mann, UC Santa Barbara

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