Program Unit Annual Meeting 2024

Sikh Studies Unit

Call for Proposals

The following are proposed panel titles for 2024. Additional panel proposals are welcomed. We especially welcome suggestions for panels to be co-sponsored with other units. The Sikh Studies unit exclusively uses the AAR PAPERS system for all submissions. Proposed panel titles are listed with contact information. If interested, please contact the listed person(s) directly:

“Embodying the Sensuous: Sikh Poetry, Aesthetics, Ecology, and Feminisms" a panel in conversation with the work of Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. Contact Nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu
"Sovereignty, Militancy, and Empowerment of the Sikh Panth" a panel in conversation with the work of Dr. Pashaura Singh. Contact Tejpaul.bainiwal@email.ucr.edu

Co-Sponsorship Jain Studies Unit and Sikh Studies Unit:

"Spiritual Warriors: Violence and Non Violence in the Jain and Sikh Traditions" contact Jain Studies unit Co-Chair Greg Clines, gclines@trinity.edu; Sikh Studies unit Co-chair Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker, Nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu

Co-Sponsorship Music and Religion and Sikh Studies Unit:

"Words of Protest, Words of Peace. Musical agency in Sikh activism and Beyond" contact Music and Religion unit Co-Chair Josh Busman, Joshua.Busman@uncp.edu; Sikh Studies unit Co-chair Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker, Nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu

Statement of Purpose

This Unit provides a forum for highlighting the most recent and innovative scholarship in the area of Sikh studies. Our work draws from a broad range of methodological and theoretical approaches — history, postcolonial theory, performance theory, popular culture, philosophy, literary criticism, gender studies, etc. — by both established scholars as well as those new to the field. Seeking a balance between critical theory and substantive content, we seek to call into question key critical terms, challenge established frames of reference, and offer innovative and alternative ways in which Sikhs and Sikhism can be understood and studied in the academy.

Co-Sponsor
Sikh Studies Unit and South Asian Religions Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Jasjit Singh	j.s.singh@leeds.ac.uk	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Nirinjan Khalsa	nirinjan.khalsa@lmu.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Amrit Deol	adeol3@ucmerced.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Francesca Cassio, Hofstra University	francesca.cassio@hofstra…	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Manpreet Kaur, Columbia University	mk3674@columbia.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Rajbir Judge, California State University,…	rajbir.judge@csulb.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Simranjit Khalsa, University of Memphis	skhalsa@memphis.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Jvala Singh	sukhsingh.s@gmail.com	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Tejpaul Bainiwal, University of California,…	tbain001@ucr.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection