Summer Seminar 2017

Summer Seminar 2017

There was a great deal of enthusiasm at the first SEC seminar to be held on the South coast early in July when Southampton played host to our quarterly seminar for Summer 2017. Two papers were presented by SEC chairperson Dr Pargat Singh, and SEC researcher Paramdip...
An alternative Hola Mohalla celebration

An alternative Hola Mohalla celebration

The Sikh Education Council celebrated Hola Mohalla this year on Sunday 12 March with a chess tournament and debating contest. Competitors came together in London where a paper was delivered on Hola Mohalla in the 21st Century and members of the Council were able to...
Introducing Sikh Studies in Frankfurt

Introducing Sikh Studies in Frankfurt

The Sikh Education Council facilitated a weekend of Sikh Studies for young Sikhs in Frankfurt, Germany, this past weekend. Tutors from the UK visited the European city where a large proportion of Germany’s Sikh Diaspora resides, to deliver a number of lectures...
Quarterly seminar proposes depression project

Quarterly seminar proposes depression project

Our quarterly seminar for Autumn 2016 concerned mental health with a focus on depression and touched upon how we as Sikhs treat it both in theory and in practice. Papers were presented by Dr Onkar Singh Rehal on ‘Depression, stigma and South Asians’, and...