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...

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...

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 and to...

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 Dr Palwinder...

The Sikh Education Council announced the publication of a new academic journal titled 'International Journal of Sikh Studies' earlier this summer in May. Launched in Punjab by Sikh leader Daljit Singh Bittu, former Jathedar Giani Kewal Singh, historian Sardar Ajmer...