Summer Seminar 2025
10am-12pm, Sunday 8 June 2024
Royal Armouries Museum, Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT
Papers:
‘Creating the Gurbani Dictionary app: advancing access for Shabad Analysis’, Harjaap Singh
In creating the Gurbani Dictionary app for the Sikh Education Council, I was looking to build on the fascinating work we do in Year 2 Sikh Studies on Shabad Analysis. Analysing interpretations of Gurbani require a lot of thinking power, focus and attention from the student, however we can only work to our best when we have the right tools. In this paper, I look at the various sources that guide us to understand Gurbani – interpretations, dictionaries and guides – contrasting the flaws that hinder our access to them, as well as show how the Gurbani Dictionary app can be used in differing settings to help our understanding.
‘Gurmat-inspired education for all ages’, Harwinder Singh
As we live in incredibly exciting times of technological development and unrivalled access to knowledge, what does Gurmat-inspired education look like for our multi-generational society? So much focus is placed on children and young people, that there is a dirth of sign-posted self learning, engaging programmes, or revolutionary new ways to study aimed at the more mature adult. This paper outlines what a ‘Sikh education’ can be for all generations today – not simply in the future – intertwining a review of current innovations in the broader educational landscape with examples of Gurmat learning for all ages pioneered by the Sikh Education Council.
