Recent & Upcoming Events

2007-2008 Tentative Schedule of Lectures

October 18, 2007	Ahmad Salim a leading Punjabi poet of Pakistan: "Punjabi language and Literature in West Punjab”
November 16, 2007	Michel Hawley Religious Studies, University of Calgary: "Sikh Studies at the American Academy of Religion”
December 3, 2007	Mahesh Kumar History, Panjab University, Chandigarh: "State Formation in the Punjab Hills”
December 3, 2007	Daniel Michon Religion, Claremont McKenna College: "Punjab Archeology: The State of the Field”
April 14, 2008	Purnima Dhavan History, University of Washington: "Eighteenth Century Sikh History"
April 21, 2008	Christopher Shackle Oriental Studies, London University: Title to be announced
April 28, 2008	Bruce La Brack History, University of the Pacific: "South Asians in the United States"
May 12, 2008	Michael Nijhawan Sociology, York University: “The Dhadhis and the Sikh Militant Singing”

Over the years, many scholars have visited the Center and made presentations at UCSB on the areas of their expertise. Please use the links at left for more information on past events.