Events
- This event has passed.
Nirvikar Singh: "Sikh Studies & Post-Modern Orientalism"
October 29, 2014 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Stevenson Fireside Lounge
FreeNIRVIKAR SINGH
Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies and Professor of Economics, UCSC
Professor Singh explores how Sikh Studies in the North American academy is engaging with intellectual currents that can broadly be termed “post-modern.” More specifically, he critiques the asymmetrical privileging of Western ‘post-modern’ scholarship on Sikhs against the Sikh community’s own self-understanding.
Fall 2014 Colloquium Series:
October 15: Bali Sahota
October 22: Vilashini Cooppan
October 29: Nirvikar Singh
November 5: Juned Shaikh
November 12: Dean Mathiowetz
November 19: David L. Clark
December 3: Terry Burke