Inaugural Webinar
Sikh Formations Webinar – Winter 2021
January 30th, 2021
The University of Michigan is launching a regular series of Research Webinars in Sikh and Punjab Studies. Each webinar will be centered around 3 scholarly presentations/lectures followed by a Q&A. The first webinar will take place on Saturday, January 30th, 2021 starting at 10:30 a.m. EST sharp.
Moderator:
Dr. Arvind-Pal S. Mandair (University of Michigan)
Program
Introductions: 10:30 AM to 10:05 AM EST
Session 1
Time: 10:40 AM to 11:45 AM EST
Title: “Region, Religion and Locality: Rethinking the Punjab Unionist Party 1923-1947”
Speaker: Professor Ian Talbot (University of Southampton, UK)
Session 2
Time: 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM EST
Title: Border Cities: Partition and Contraband trades between Lahore and Amritsar
Speaker: Professor Ilyas Ahmad Chattha (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Break
Time: 1:00 PM to 1:15 PM EST
Session 3
Time: 1:15 PM to 2:30 PM EST
Title: The Making of the Indian Constitution and the Sikhs: A preliminary analysis
Speaker: Professor Gurharpal Singh (Emeritus – University of London, SOAS)