Delivering the keynote address will be Christopher Shackle, professor emeritus of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Shackle, one of the leading scholars of Sikh studies in the world, is a fellow of the British Academy, received the Award of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2004, and in 2005 received Pakistan’s highest award for the arts, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz. He has published numerous books on topics such as the Siraiki language of central Pakistan, Ismaili hymns from South Asia, Indian love poems, Punjabi literature, teachings of the Sikh gurus, and Sikh religion, culture and ethnicity.
via UCR Today: Sikh Studies Conference to Draw Global Scholars.
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