World’s first Online Sikh Museum project launches at new exhibition thanks to lottery funding

  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 Contemporary

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SMI award featured in the Leicester Mercury

Anglo Sikh Wars project award was featured in the Leicester Mercury on Saturday 7th April 2018.  

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Register for the International Sikh Research Conference 2017

ISRC 2017 Register now Please find attached the final call for registrations for the 4th International Sikh Research Conference at the University of Warwick (17th June 2017). As you will see the ISRC has a wonderful lineup of speaker with subjects covering: Sikh Scriptures, Sikh heritage in London, Sikh Empire under

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International Sikh Research Conference 2017 C4p

ISRC 2017 Call for papers The ISRC has been successful in arranging three conferences in Sikh studies in the UK. We aim to encourage the global Sikh diaspora to engage with academic scholars and researchers to make this another important global event. The conference aims to explore research and academic inquiry into

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Bringing history alive through technology

Saakhi-Sikh History & Gurmat, a mobile application aimed at spreading awareness about Sikh religion, is one of Gurpreet Singh’s dream project. While growing up, Gurpreet Singh listened to Gurus’ stories from his father-mother, nana-nani and dada-dadi. And, those very tales steeped in morals formed much of his world view. A

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Vadda Ghallughara: Sikh ‘holocaust’ monument is a symbol of govt negligence

Spread over 9.5 acres at Kup Rohira village in Sangrur district stands the ‘Vadda Ghallughara’ (big holocaust) built in the memory of 35,000 Sikhs who were massacred by the army of Afghan invader Ahmed Shah Abdali in February 5,1762. The memorial, depicting the 254-year-old Sikh history and built at a

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International Sikh Research Conference 2016: Call for papers

  Last year the Sikh Museum Initiative undertook the presentation Documenting Sikh Relics and Artefacts in the UK at the International Sikh research Conference(ISRC) 2015. The call for papers for the 3rd ISRC is now live. The ISRC has been successful in arranging two conferences in Sikh studies in the UK. We

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