Statement:

I am interested in Punjab Studies, particularly in the nature of interaction between Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, the three major religious communities of the region. My research focuses on the evolution of Sikh institutions and the challenges facing the contemporary Sikh community both in the Punjab and the Diaspora.

Recent Publications:

• Sikhism, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2004.
• The Making of Sikh Scripture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• "Sikhs in America", in Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• "Sikhism in the USA," in South Asian Religion in the Diaspora, edited by Harold Coward et al. Albany: SUNY Press, 2000
• "Canon Formation in the Sikh Tradition," in New Perspectives in Sikh Studies, edited by Christopher Shackle et al. London: Curzon Press, 2000
• "Sikhism," and thirty-two related entries, in Merriam Websters Encyclopedia of Religions, Springfield, MA: Merriwm Webster, 1999
• The Goindval Pothis, Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series, 1996.

Current Research Projects:

• Early Sikh history
• Sikhs in North America
• Teaching of Punjabi as a foreign language

Courses Taught:

   Undergraduate:

• RS 162: Sikhism
• GS 104: Global Diasporas and Cultural Change
• GS 142: Modern South Asia

   Graduate:

• RS 206A: Bhakti Literature
• RS 206B: Issues in the Study of Sikhism
• RS 206C: Religion and Society in the Punjab

Curriculum Vitae:

http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/faculty/Gurinder_Singh_Mann_CV.pdf

Department of Religious Studies | University of California | Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3130
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