Moving Towards Gender Equality Lectures Celebrating International Women's Day RBS Auditorium London 08/03/2018 An inspiring evening yesterday with talks and discussion on ensuring that gender equality is an achievable goal. I gave a talk on the key figures of the Sikh Empire like Sada Kaur and Maharani Jindan…
" Britain didn't fight the Word Wars-the British Empire did" Newarke Houses Museum Leicester March 1st 2018 Thanks to Metro Boulot Dodo Leicester for hosting the lecture today. I gave a introduction to Sikhism, The Sikh Empire, the Anglo Sikh Wars, leading to Sikh employment into the British…
Sophia Duleep Singh stamped her authority in more ways than one and in 2018 she is being remembered in a fitting way with the release of a stamp by the Royal Mail in the UK on 15th February 2018. By Gurinder Singh Mann The interesting and colourful life…
Interview with Gurinder Singh Mann on the success of the Anglo Sikh Wars project and his appearance on Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip. Jo Haywood from BBC radio Leicester undertook the interview on 13/12/2017. Hear the programme below: Visit www.sikhmuseum.org.uk and www.anglosikhwars.com
The Sikh Museum Initiative (SMI) formulated the Anglo Sikh Wars project this year to shed light on the highly contested wars between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company from 1845-1849. The exhibition has led to considerable interest not just locally and nationally but, it has also…
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, 18th October 2017 A special lecture on Sikh Arms and Armour took place on 18th October 2017 at New Walk Museum, Leicester. The speaker was historian and author Gurinder Singh Mann also head of the Sikh Museum Initiative. The lecture was…
ISRC 2018 Call for papers We are announcing our call for papers for the 5th International Sikh Research Conference. This will be held at the prestigious University of Warwick on the 10th June 2018. We have successfully undertaken four conferences in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 by bringing…
Orders & Medals Research Society(OMRS) Crown Plaza Stratford-upon-Avon Saturday 16th September “An excellent Convention which must rank as one of the very best yet” OMRS President, Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE The SMI were invited to the Orders and Medal Research Society Convention 2017, which was also the…
Gurinder Singh Mann interviewed for Saragarhi: The True Story Saragarhi: The True Story, the documentary of 21 Sikh soldiers who defended their post against 10k enemy, will be released on 12th September from Dot Hyphen Productions in association with KTV and Taran3D. The documentary commemorates the great battle…
ISRC 2017 Research Conference details global contribution to Sikh studies University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Saturday 17th June 2017The annual International Sikh research Conference (ISRC) 2017 highlighted the contribution of scholars to the study of Sikh studies. Convened by Harjinder Singh Lallie and Gurinder Singh Mann at the…
