Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer in conversation with Dr. Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa on the topic of Sikh Studies.
Dr. Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa is Clinical Assistant Professor of Sikh & Jain Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Her ongoing research investigates how the diversity of devotional practices in the Sikh diaspora respond to gendered and religious norms. As the first-ever professor of Sikh and Jain studies she has organized annual Sikh and Jain conferences “The Music and Poetics of Devotion” (Feb 2016) and “Spiritual Warriors: (Non) Violence” (Feb 2017) with publications forthcoming. Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa currently serves on the Sikh Studies steering committee at the American Academy of Religion.
Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer is a professor of global studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the founding director of the Global and International Studies Program and the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies. He is an expert on religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, and has published more than two hundred articles and twenty books.
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