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Conferences
Expanding Horizons:
Sikh Studies at the Turn of the 21st Century
Saturday, November 14 & Sunday, November 15, 2009
McCune Conference Room, 6th Floor of HSSB
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Saturday, November 14, 2009:
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Welcome |
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Medieval Literature
“Who Made the Bhakti Movement?”
John S. Hawley, Religion, Barnard College
“In the Shadow of the Gurus: Nirgun and Sagun Punjabi Devotional Literature”
Rattan Singh Jaggi, Punjabi Literature, Punjabi University,
& Ami P. Shah, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara
“Punjabi Sufi Poetry from Farid to Farid”
Christopher Shackle, SOAS, London University |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
TEA |
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| 11:30-1:00 |
New Sources
"Architecture as a Source for the Study of Sikh History"
William Glover, Architecture, University of Michigan
"Sikh Coinage"
Hans Herrli, author of The Coins of the Sikhs (2004)
"Sikh Music: A Focus on the Distinctive Features of Gurmat Sangeet"
Pashaura Singh, Religious Studies, UC Riverside
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LUNCH |
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| 2:00-3:30 |
Early Sikh Literature
“The Quintessential Sikh Metaphor”
Nikky Singh, Religious Studies, Colby College
"Stories of the Founder: The Puratan Janam Sakhi Re-visited"
Gurinder Singh Mann, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara
"The Linguistic Choices of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla"
Rahuldeep S. Gill, Religious Studies, Cal. Lutheran University
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| 3:30-4:00 |
TEA |
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| 4:00-5:30 |
Eighteenth Century Sikh Literature
"Sources on Banda Singh Bahadur’s Proposed Alliance with the Rajput Chiefs"
Balwant Dhillon, Guru Nanak Dev University
"The Historiography of the Zafarnama"
Louis E. Fenech, History, Northern Iowa University
"Devotion and its Discontents: Affective Communities in Gurbilas Texts"
Purnima Dhavan, History, University of Washington |
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Sunday, November 15, 2009:
| 9:00 -11:00 |
The Punjab
“Locating Punjabiyat: Language, Literature, and Landscape”
Farina Mir, History, University of Michigan
“Sanghol and Post-Independence Archaeologies in India”
Daniel Michon, Religion, Claremont McKenna College
“Engaging with the Muslims during the Early Nineteenth Century Punjab”
Rishi Singh, SOAS, London University
“Pir, Baba, Sant, or Shaykh: Holy Men and Shared Shrines in Punjab”
Anna Bigelow, History, North Carolina State University |
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TEA |
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In Punjab and Overseas
“Themes of Separation and Travel in Punjabi Music: Selected Observations”
Gibb Schreffler, Music, UC Santa Barbara
“Sikh Politics, Caste, and Narrative Identity”
Natasha Behl, Political Science, UC Los Angles
“Sikh Diversity in the UK: Reflections on thirty years of fieldwork”
Eleanor Nesbitt, Education, University of Warwick
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LUNCH |
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| 2:00-3:00 |
The Community Panel
| Chhota Mel |
Joginder Singh Ahluwalia, San Francisco |
| Ghadri Babas |
Sohan Singh Pooni, Vancouver |
| Kapany Art Collection |
Sonia Dhami, Sikh Foundation, Palo Alto |
| The Computer Age |
Kulbir Singh Thind, San Francisco |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
TEA |
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| 3:30-5:00 |
Round Table: The Future of Sikh Studies
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Other participants include:
Elena Bashir, Linguistics, Chicago
Ravinder Dhillon, Library, Stanford
Verne Dusenbery, Anthropology, Hamiline
Michael Hawley, Religion, Mount Royal College
Doris Jakobsh, Religious Studies, Waterloo
Hugh Johnston, History, Simon Fraser
Inderjit N. Kaur, Center for the Pacific Rim, Univ. of San Francisco
Bruce LaBrack, University of the Pacific
Karen Leonard, UC Irvine
Jane Singh, Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Jaideep Singh, Ethnic Studies, Cal State East Bay
Shinder Thandi, Economics, Coventry
Graduate Students:
Laura Hirvi, History, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Harpreet Singh, Religion, Harvard
Harpreet Singh, History, Otago
Julie Vij, Religious Studies, Montreal
Ajeet Singh Matharu (Anthro),
Simranjeet Singh (Religion),
Columbia University
Toby Johnson, Gurveen Khurana, Charles Townsend, Religious Studies,
UC Riverside
Rana Ajrawat, Pawan Dhillon, David Fowler (Religious Studies),
John Wareneke (Anthro), UC Santa Barbara
Download the Conference Program in PDF format.
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