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The AAR's inaugural Online June Sessions of the Annual Meetings were held on June 25, 26, and 27, 2024. For program questions, please reach out to annualmeeting@aarweb.org.

This is the preliminary program for the 2024 in-person Annual Meeting, hosted with the Society for Biblical Literature in San Diego, CA - November 23-26. Pre-conference workshops and many committee meetings will be held November 22. If you have questions about the program, contact annualmeeting@aarweb.org. All times are listed in local/Pacific Time.

A25-327

Sikh Studies Unit

Theme: New Book Panel with Dr. Pashaura Singh: The Routledge Companion to the life and legacy of Guru Hargobind: Sovereignty, Militancy, and Empowerment of the Sikh Panth

Monday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tejpaul Bainiwal, University of California, Riverside, Presiding

This companion studies the Life and Legacy of Guru Hargobind (1590-1644), the sixth Guru of the Sikh tradition. It highlights the complex nature of Sikh society and culture in the historical and socio-economic context of Mughal India.

The book reconstructs the life of Guru Hargobind by exploring the ‘divine presence’ in history and memory. It addresses the questions of why and how militancy became explicit during Guru Hargobind’s spiritual reign, and examines the growth of the Sikh community's self-consciousness, separatism, and militancy as an integral part of the process of empowerment of the Sikh Panth.

Panelists
Pashaura Singh,
Arvind Mandair, University of Michigan
Louis Fenech,
Jasjit Singh, University of Leeds