The conference celebrated the outstanding work of American scholars of South Asia and mapped the landmark developments in South Asian Studies in the U.S. during the past half-century.

The Center cooperated in organizing a Sikh Studies workshop on March 19, 2005 at Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University.

On May 4, 2004, we held a half-day conference entitled Debates in Sikh Studies. Scholars from various Punjab universities made presentations on primary resources and research collections, the legal dimension of Adi Granth, the role of gender in Sikh society, and issues related to cultural transmission in the Sikh diaspora.

On April 21-22, 2001, we held an international conference on the theme of the Sikh Diaspora. Eminent scholars from Canada, England, Punjab, New Zealand, and the U.S. made presentations. With an audience of over 150 people, largely comprised of UCSB students and members of the Sikh community from all over the U.S, the conference provided a forum for dialogue relating to the challenges and promises facing Sikh communities all over the world.

On May 12, 2000, we held a half-day conference entitled Canon Formation in the Sikh Tradition. The discussion centered on sixteenth and seventeenth-century manuscripts that played the key role in the compilation of the Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of the Sikh tradition.

On December 4-5, 1999, we organized an international conference entitled Guru Gobind Singh: Life and Legacy. The twenty-five presenters from six countries included luminaries in the field such as Indu Banga, J.S. Grewal, J.S. Hawley, W.H. McLeod, and Christopher Shackle. A. T. Embree and Ninian Smart chaired the primary sessions of the conference. The event also included a half-day panel of 14 doctoral students from different universities reporting on their research in the fields of Sikh and Punjab Studies.