Sikh Museum Initiative given funding for an online museum Objects will be 3d modelled from public and private collections People will be trained up in digital skills The objects will be seen using virtual reality googles Online Sikh Museum project The Sikh Museum Initiative and ArtSikh present the…
Exhibition award featured in the Leicester Mercury Leicester Mercury coverage of the award given to Gurinder Singh Mann and the Sikh Museum Initiative for the Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition of 2017. Published on April 7th 2018.
Gurinder Singh's Mann was asked about the kohinoor as part of his lecture on Sikh Relics and Artefacts at Khalsa College, Amritsar. Covered in Tribune India 29th March 2018. See link to actual story: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/getting-back-kohinoor-not-easy-scholar/565964.html
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…
