CURRICULUM VITAE Personal: Raj Kumar Hans rajkhans@gmail.com & rajkhans@yahoo.com +91-7383352176, 7009046107 Position: Retired Professor of History, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat Res. Address: Villa # 29, Sherwood Estate Wagha Bypass Road, Chheharta, Amritsar, 143105 Education : MA (History): Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (1977) Ph.D. (History): The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1987) Specialisation : Social and Cultural History of Modern India Books in Making: 1. History of Punjabi Dalit literature 2. History of Dalits in the Sikh Religion 3. Intellectual History of the Nineteenth century Punjab Awards: Fellowship, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla 2009-11 for “History of Dalit Literary Movement in the Punjab” Dr B. R. Ambedkar Award for Contribution to Dalit Studies, Shri Guru Ravi Dass Sabha, New York, April 2010 ICCR, Academic Visit to Germany & Denmark, August 1996 British Council Fellowship, London. Oct.-Nov. 1994 Canadian Studies Research Fellowship, Vancouver, Sep-Oct 1994 Visiting Fellowship, M.S.H. Paris, Oct-Dec. 1990 British Council Visiting Fellowship, London. Oct.-Nov. 1990 Visits Abroad: Maison des Sciences de l’Home, Paris, France, Oct-Dec 1990 India Office Library, London, UK, November 1990 Canadian Studies Research Fellowship, Vancouver, Canada Sep-Oct 1994 Free University, Berlin, August 1996 European Conference for South Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen Aug. 1996 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US, Dec 2008 Columbia University, New York and Rutgers University, New Jesry, Oct 2009 Guru Ravidas Temples, New York; Fresno, Yuba City, San Francisco, Sacramento, Freemont (California), US, April 2010 Hofstra University, New York, 19-21 Oct 2012 & Sikh Gurudwara, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 27 Oct 2012 Nottingham Trent University, Coventry University, Warwick University, Manchester University, UK, April-May 2014 Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France, October 17-18, 2014 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, April 2018 Publications: “Des Raj Kali’s Shanti Parav: Experimental Punjabi Dalit Fiction”,  Dalit Text: Aesthetics and Politics Re-imagined, edited by Judith Misrahi-Barak, K. Satyanarayana and Nicole Thiara, Routledge India: London 2019 “Making Sense of Dalit Sikh History” in Dalit Studies, edited by Ramnarayan S. Rawat & K. Satyanarayana, Duke University Press: Durham & London, 2016, 131-51 “Dalit Intellectual Poets of Punjab, 1690-1925” in Dalit Literatures in India, edited by Joshil K. Abraham & Judith Misrahi-Barak, Routledge: Oxon & New York, 2015 “Devotion and Dissent of Punjabi Dalit Sant Poets” in Vijaya Ramaswamy, ed. Devotion and Dissent in Indian History, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 2014, 188-215 “Rich Heritage of Punjabi Dalit Literature and its Exclusion from Histories” in M Dasan& Rajesh Karankal, ed. Counter Cultural Discourse and Dalit Literature in India, ABD Publishers, Jaipur, 2014 “Reflections on Social Reality by Dalit Sant Poets” in B. V. Bhosale, ed. Sociology of Dalit Literature, ABD Publishers, Jaipur, 2014 “Sant Poet Wazir Singh: A Window for Reimagining Nineteenth Century Punjab”, Journal of Punjab Studies, 20, 1-2, 2013, 135-158 “Rich Heritage of Punjabi Dalit Literature”, Beyond Borders, vol. 6, No. 1-2, 2010, 73-81 “Itihas ate Sahit de prasang vich Sikh Dharamvich Dalit Mukti da Pravachan”, Hashia, vol. 2, No. 6, April-June, 2009, 3-19 “Journey of Indian Immigrants towards Canadian Nationhood: Gleanings from a Canadian-Punjabi Literary Periodical” in State, Society and Economy in the Twentieth Century: Canada-India Perspectives edited by A. S. Narang, Manohar: New Delhi 2009, ISBN: 9788173048364, pp. 321-331 “Bhagat Singh in Gujarati Literature” in Bhagat Singh and His Legend, edited by J. S. Grewal, Patiala; World Punjabi Centre, 2008, ISBN: 0000000081, pp. 162-175 “The Role of Legends, Memories and Folk Culture in the making of People’s History of Gujarat” in Popular Literature and Pre-Modern Societies in South Asia edited by Surinder Singh & Ishwar Dayal Gaur, Pearson-Longman: Delhi, 2008, ISBN: 978-81-317-1358-7, pp. 178-191 “Punjabi Culture in East Africa” in Punjabi Diaspora (Punjabi) edited by Jaswinder Kaur Maangat, Punjabi University, Patiala, 2007, ISBN: 81-302-0086-4, pp. 88-103 “Gurdwara as a Cultural Site of Punjabi Community in British Columbia, 1905-1965” in Fractured identity: The Indian Diaspora in Canada edited by Sushma J Varma & Radhika Seshan, Rawat: Jaipur & New Delhi 2003 “Dalit Christians in Bhalej, Gujarat” with Siddhi Macwan in George Oommen & John C. B. Webster ed. Local Dalit Christian History, Delhi 2002 “Prakathan” (Foreword: An Essay on E. H. Carr’s Life and Works) in Itihasno Marm (Gujarati Translation of E. H. Carr’s What is History?) by PrafulJhala), Ahmedabad: Darshak Itihas Nidhi, 2001 “Agrarian Society and Social Change under Colonial Dispensation: A Case Study of Broach District, 1800-1850” in K. D. Bajpai, Rasesh Jamindar & P. K. Trivedi (ed.), Gleanings of Indian Archaeology, History and Culture: Prof. R. N. Mehta Commemoration, Volume, Vol. I, Jaipur 2000. “Punjabi Press and Immigrant Culture in British Columbia between the Wars”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIII, No. 16 (April 18-24 1998) “Violence against Women in the Nineteenth Century Gujarat” in S. Hasan Mahmud & Gita Bajpai (ed.), Aspects of Society and Culture: The Western India Region, 14th-20th Centuries, Baroda 1998 “The Legitimisation of the Agha Khan’s Authority over the Khojas of Western India Under Colonial Dispensation in the Nineteenth century”, Islamic Culture, Vol. LXXI, No. 3 (July 1997) “Colonialism and Agriculture in the first half of the Nineteenth Century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (P.I.H.C.), Goa (1987). “East India Company and claims over Land: a Study of Pargana Broach, 1776-77,” Proceedings of Indian Historical Records Commission, New Delhi (1985). “Report on Instances of Caste Violence in Nineteenth Century Broach”, P.I.H.C, Chindambram (1984). “Changing Complexion of Interaction between the Local Influence and Central Authority in Broach in the 18th-19th Centuries”, P.I.H.C, Kurukshtetra (1982). “Monotidari System in the Agrarian Economy of the Eighteenth Century Gujarat”, P.I.H.C., Bodh Gaya (1981). “Changing Position of Desai during the early British Rule in Gujarat” P.I.H.C., Bombay (1980). “Grasia Chiefs and the British Power in the beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, P.I.H.C, Waltair (1979). Presentations at Seminars/Conferences/Workshops: “Guru Nanak: A Subaltern Perspective”, Dera Baba Nanak Literary Festival, 8-11 November, 2019 “Jallianwala Bagh: Looking from Different Windows”, Special Lecture in the Seminar on The Massacre that shook the Empire: Revisiting the History of Jallianwala Bagh, BBK DAV College for Women 30 March, 2019 “The Jallianwala Bagh: Looking at the Violence of Empire/s and Beyond”, National Seminar Historical Writings on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919), Department of History, GNDU, Amritsar, 7 March 2019 “The Marginalised and the Legacy of Guru Nanak”, Valedictory Address at the 6th South Asian History Conference, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1-3 February 2019 “Punjabi Dalit Literature and the Elitist Historiographical Practice”, National seminar on Problem of Caste in India: Investigating History and Historiography’, Allahabad University, 29-30 November 2018 “Dalit Chetna in Guru Granth Sahib”, at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi, 25 May 2018 “Relevance of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Thought with Present Society”, Extension Lecture, Department of History, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 31 March 2018 “Principles of Punjabi Dalit Literature and History”, Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Lecture, Department of Punjabi, Delhi University, 6 February 2018 'Sikh-Christian Relationship: A Historical Perspective', Symposium on Sikh Christian Relationship, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, 24 November 2017 “Cultural dominance and the swings in the lives of Dalit Sikhs” in the panel on Cultural Dominance and the Cultures of the Marginalized at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar International Conference, Karnataka Government, 21-23 July 2017 “Subversive Pilgrimage in the Nineteenth Century Punjab” at the National Seminar on Modes, Motives, Motifs, and Conditions in Intra-Asian Travel, Department of English, Delhi University, March 20-21, 2017 “Ambedkarism in the 21st Century: The Universal in Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambekar’s Thought”, Keynote Address at the National Seminar on Ambedkarism in the 21st Century, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 1-3 February 1917 "Knowing Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in itself is a Liberating Step: In the trail of his Image of Womanhood", National Seminar Dr B. R. Ambekar as a Crusader for Women Empowerment, Patiala: Punjabi University, August 5, 2017 “Chathianwala: Secular and Subversive Pilgrimage of Gulabdasis in the Nineteenth Century Punjab” at International Conference on Pilgrimages in India: Celebrating Journeys of Plurality and Sacredness, organized by Indiana University, Gurgaon, March 3-4, 2016 “Emergence and Dissemination of Punjabi Dalit Literature”, Delhi University, 17-19 December 2015 “Encounters with issues from local to global in Dalit creativity: While reading Des Raj Kali’s hypertext novel Shanti Parav”, International Symposium Crossing the Boundaries of Genre and Challenging Form in Dalit Literature at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, October 17-18, 2014 “From being a Dalit Sikh to becoming an ascetic and dying a Sikh Dalit: Daya Singh Arif’s Sikhi” at International Sikh Research Conference, Warwick University, 28th June 2014 “Memorizing and Recording the Past by Punjabi Dalits: Memory-History interface in the autobiography of Gurdas Singh Gharu”, Punjab Research Group Conference on Memory, Coventry University, 27-28 June 2014 “Religious and Political Movements and the making of Punjabi Dalit Literature”, International Conference on Contemporary Approaches to the Analysis of Dalit Literature, Nottingham Trent University, 23-24 June 2014 “Ghadar Continuous: Poetic Flights and Fights for Freedom” at the National Seminar onAnalysis of the writings of the Ghadarites and their representation in Punjabi literature, Punjabi University, Patiala, 5-6 November 2013 “Social Reality in the Poetry of Dalit Sants of Punjab” at the National Seminar on Sociology of Dalit Literature, Dyal Singh College, Delhi University, 18-19 Feb. 2013 “The Question of Conservation and Preservation of Manuscripts: Story of Bhai Jaita's 'Sri Gur Katha' of 1690s” at the National Conference on Punjabi Manuscripts, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 18-20 January 2013 “Bhai Jaita’s epic Sri Gur Katha: a New Milestone in the Sikh Literature” presented at International Conference on Sikhi(sm), Literature and Film, Hofstra University, NY, USA 19-21 October 2012 “Significance of unexplored literature as a window to reimagining the nineteenth century Punjabi society” at National Seminar on History, Literature and Punjabi Society, History Department, GNDU, Amritsar, 19-20 Sep 2012 “Reflections on Social Reality by Dalit Sant Poets of Punjab”, presented at National Seminar on Sociology of Dalit Literature, Mumbai University, 17-18 Feb 2012 “Annihilation of Caste for the survival of Nation and Religion: Contribution of Santram B.A. of Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal” presented at international Seminar on Annihilation of Caste, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 21-23 November 2011 “Combating Caste as a major Challenge to Religions in India: Lessons from the Sikh Experience” presented at International Colloquium on Caste, Religion and Culture, Centre for Social Studies and Culture, Cochin, May 1-4, 2011 “Rich Heritage of Punjabi Dalit Literature and its Exclusion from Historiographical Praxis” presented at the UGC National Workshop on Regional Literary Historiographies of Western India, MSU Baroda, 4-5 February 2011 “Guru Granth Sahib and Liberation of Dalits: The Punjab Experience” presented at the International Seminar on Pluralistic Vision of Guru Granth Sahib, New Delhi, 16-18 Dec 2010 “Iconoclasm of a Dalit Poet in the Mid-nineteenth Century Punjab” presented at the Fellows’ Seminar, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 5 August 2010 “Dalit Sant Poets of Punjab and their Exclusion from Histories” presented in the International Study Week Workshop on Dalit Challenges and Disciplinary Practices, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 19-25 July 2010 “Dalit Saint Poets: Devotion and Dissent in Sikhism” at the International Seminar on Devotion and Dissent in Indian History, School for Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 11-13 March 2010 “Gurdwara as a Cultural Site of Transnational Punjabi Community in Vancouver” paper presented at International Conference on Transnational Punjab Literature and Culture: Challenges and Opportunities, World Punjabi Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, 28th February – 1st March, 2010 “Paradox of Egalitarian Sikh Religion and Casteism in Sikh Society: A Dalit Perspective” at the Seminar on Modern India: Challenges Ahead, South Asian Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 19 October 2009 “Caste and Casteism among Sikhs: A Dalit Perspective” at the International Ambedkar Conference on Caste and Contemporary India, South Asia Institute, Columbia University, New York, 16-17, October 2009 “Literary Creativity of Punjabi Dalits and its Exclusion from the Historiographical Praxis: The Case of Sadhu Daya Singh Arif” at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on 6th August 2009 “Religion and Social Mobility: Some Lessons from Punjabi dalits’ Embrace of Sikhism” at the National Seminar on Patterns of Dalit Social Mobility in UP and Punjab, Panjab university, Chandigarh, 27-28 February 2009 “Liberation Philosophy of Guru Granth Sahib and Dalits of Punjab” at the International Conference on Spiritual Journeys: Aspects of Sikh Studies, Mumbai University, Mumbai, 10-12 Jan 2009 “Dalits and the Emancipatory Sikh Religion” at the International Conference Dalit Challenges to Academic Knowledge: The Great Paradoxes, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Dec 3-5, 2008 “Journey of Indian Immigrants towards Canadian Nationhood: Gleanings from a Canadian-Punjabi Literary Periodical” at the National Seminar on Canada-India Relations in the New Millennium, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, 23-24 April 2008 “Making Sense of the Region of Gujarat through Historiographical Survey” at the National Conference on Region, Literature, Culture: Issues and Stakes, Department of English, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 18-19 March 2008 “The Legend of Bhagat Singh in Gujarati Literature” at the National Seminar on Bhagat Singh and His Legend, Punjabi University, Patiala on 22-23 Oct, 2007 “Difficulties of Historians in Doing History of Gujarat as a Region: A Historiographical Exploration” at National Seminar on Historian and the Region: The Twentieth Century, Punjabi University, Patiala on 2-4 March, 2007 “Exploring Dalit Creativity and its Exclusion from the Histories of Punjabi Literature” at a National Seminar on Trends in Modern Historiography on Punjab, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 30 Nov—1 Dec 2006 “Punjabi Diaspora in East Africa” at 22nd International Conference ofPunjabi Development on Punjabi Diaspora, Punjabi University, Patiala, 1-3 Feb 2006 “The Role of Legends, Memories and Folk Culture in the making of Peoples’ History of Gujarat” at the National Seminar on Popular Literature and Premodern Societies in South Asia held at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1-2 Feb 2005 “Demystifying Historical Scientism: The legend of Ajepal Pir of Anjar in Kutch” at 23rdNational Indian Folklore Congress, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, March 24-26 2004 “Aspects of Cultural Identity of Gujarat: A Comparative View” paper presented at the National SeminarRegion, Realm and Culture: The Identity of Gujarat and Identities in Gujarat, MSU Baroda, January 9-11, 2003 “Gurdwara as a Cultural Site of Punjabi Community in British Columbia, 1905-1970” paper presented at International Workshop on the Indian Diaspora in Canada, University of Pune, Pune, 22-23 February 2002 “Dissent and Schism among Business Communities of Western India” at a National Seminar on Merchant Communities of Western India, MSU Baroda March 2000. “Schism in a Minority Community in the Eighteenth Century Western India: A Case of Violent Riot among Parsis around Emotive Issues” at the Diamond Jubilee (60th) Session, Indian History Congress, Calicut, Dec 1999 “Christian Experiment in Bhalej in the past One Hundred Years: Glimpses of a Rural Community in Gujarat” at National Seminar History of Dalit Christians in India, UTC, Bangalore (Jan. 1999). “Community, Identity and Contestation: Parsis and Muslims of Bharuch in 1857”, with A. B. Saxena at the National Seminar on Communities, Identities and Social-Change, Department of History, M. S. University, Baroda (March 1998). “Brahmanization of Jains: Glimpses from the Nineteenth Century Gujarat”, Indian History Congress, Patiala (Dec. 1998). “Legitimization of Agha Khan’s authority over Khojas of Western India under Colonial Dispensation in the Nineteenth Century”, Panel No. 4: Islamic Concepts of Man, Sainthood and Power at the 14th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Copenhagen (1996). “Cultural Contestation among the Khojas of the Nineteenth Century Western India”, Seminar on Tribe, clan and Caste in Rajasthan and Neighbouring Regions: Historical and Sociological Perspective, Jodhpur, (1996). “Punjabi Press and a South Asian Immigrant Culture of British Columbia during the Inter-War Period”, International Seminar on Indian Migration to Canada, Centre for Canadian Studies, M. S. University, Baroda (1996). “In Search of a Paradigm: Comparative Study of Gujarati and Punjabi Cultures”, National Seminar at Forum on Contemporary Theory, Faculty of Arts, MSU, Baroda (1995). “Women, Men and Modern Times: A Probe in to Sayajirao III’s Views on Women”, National Seminar on Sayajirao III the Man and His Time, Department of History, M. S. University, Baroda (1994)). Punjabi Immigrant Writings in Canada”, International Conference on Migration and Cultures: Canada and India, I.A.C.S., Bhubaneshwar (1993). “Globalisation of the Sikhs: the Role of Canadian Sikhs in the Internationalisation of the Community”, International conference on Colony, National and Globalisation, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (1992). “Politicisation of Indian Immigrants in Canada in the Early decades of the Twentieth Century”, International Conference on Cultural Pluralism and Notion of Dissent: Canadian and Indian Experience, India Association of Canadian Studies, Baroda (1989). “Agrarian Society and Social Change under Colonial Rule in Broach”, National Seminar on Western India: State, Economy and Society, Department of History, Bombay University (1988). “Colonialism and Agriculture in the first half of the Nineteenth Century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (P.I.H.C.), Goa(1987). “East Indian Company and Claims over Land”,Symposium onLand Revenue Records, Indian Historical Records Commission, SurajKund (1985). “Colonialism and Social Change: Agrarian Society of South Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century”, NationalSeminar on Transition from Pre-colonial Society and Economy of Western India, Department of History, M.S.U., Baroda (1985). “Medieval Archaeology of Kutch”, jointly with Ravindra Kumar and Iftikhar Ahmad,Indian History Congress, Amritsar (1985). “Report on Instances of Caste Violence in Nineteenth Century Broach”, P.I.H.C, Chindambram (1984). “Changing Complexion of Interaction between the Local Influence and Central Authority in Broach in the 18th-19th Centuries”, P.I.H.C, Kurukshtetra (1982). “Modernization of Administration: An Instrument of Colonial hegemony over the Peasantry of Gujarat”, NationalSeminar on India from 16th to 20th Centuries, Department of History, M. S. University, Baroda (1982). “Monotidari System in the Agrarian Economy of the Eighteenth Century Gujarat”,P.I.H.C., Bodh Gaya (1981). “Land revenue under Company Rule: A Study of South Gujarat in the first half of the Nineteenth Century”, NationalSeminar on Gujarat Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Malwa) in the 17th 18th Centuries: Problems and Perspectives in Social, Economic and Political History, Department of History, M. S. U., Baroda (1980). “Changing Position of Desai during the early British rule in Gujarat”, P.I.H.C., Bombay (1980). “Grasia Chiefs and the British Power in the beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, Indian History Congress, Waltair (1979) “Land Tenures of Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century”, Indian History Congress, Hyderabad (1978). Seminars/Workshops Organised & Directed: Study Week on Dalit Challenges and Disciplinary Practices, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 19-25 July 2010 History of Communalism & Communalization of History, Baroda, Nov 2002 Reflections on Gandhi’s Thoughts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, Dec 2001 Kutch in History and Legend, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, March 2001 Presidential/Keynote Addresses: Valedictory Address “The Marginalised and the Legacy of Guru Nanak" at the 6th South Asian History Conference (1-3 February 2019), Punjabi University, Patiala. Keynote Address on “Manuscripts: Importance in Punjabi Literature and History” at the National Seminar on A Study of Manuscripts: Punjabi Literature and History, Trinity College, Jalandhar, 7-9 December 2017 “Democracy in the Vision of Dr B. R. Ambedkar”, Keynote Address at Ambedkar Bhavan Trust Jalandhar, 6 Dec 2017 Keynote Address on “Sikh-Christian Relationship: A Historical Perspective” at Seminar on Sikh-Christian Relationship, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, 24 November 2017 Panelist Speaker at National Seminar on Babasaheb’s Vision of Education, Bathinda, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Technical University, October 7, 2017 Valedictory Address at the National Seminar on Indian Dalit Literature at the Crossroads, 7-8 March 2014 at SRTM University, Nanded “Dr B. R. Ambedkar and Dalit Movements in the Twentieth Century India”, Keynote Address at International Interdisciplinary Conference on Dr B. R. Ambedkar’s Ideology and Socio-Political Movements in Asia, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune University, Pune, 1-3 March 2012 “History and Nature of Socio-Cultural Reform in India with special reference to Ad Dharm Movement of Punjab”, Presidential Address at National Seminar on A Study of Twentieth century Socio-cultural Reform Movement in India: Nature, Significance and Impact, Pragati College, Mumbai, 1st Feb 2012 “Post-colonial Trends in the Historiography of India”, Presidential Address at the National Seminar on History, M.T.B. Arts College, Surat, 7th Jan 2012 “Caste, Religion and Protest Movements in India: History from Below Perspective”, Inaugural Keynote Address at Refresher Course in History, UGC Academic Staff College, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 4th Jan 2012 “Sikh Religion, Dalit Consciousness and Punjabi Dalit Literature” at Symposium on Indian Literature: Dalit Consciousness, Dyal Singh College, Delhi University, Delhi, 12 Feb 2011 “Dalit Consciousness and Punjabi Dalit Literature” at the National Seminar on Dalit Chetna in Punjabi Stories, Khalsa College, Sarhali, Amritsar, 18th Sep 2010. Lectures/Talks: “Legacy of Guru Nanak’s quest for Egalitarian Society”, at Mayfair Hotel, London, 25 October 2019, Pothohar Association UK, “Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s Perspective on Democracy” at Ambekar Bhavan, Jallandhar, 6 December 2017 “Literary Contribution of Bhai Jaita in the Sikh Tradition” at Sikh Gurudwara, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 27 October 2012 “Precautions in Qualitative Research” at the Pre-Ph.D. course in Qualitative Research Techniques and Data Analysis, Faculty of Education and Psychology, MSU, Baroda, 29.01.2012 “History of Punjabi Dalit Literature and its Exclusion from Historiographical Praxis” at Refresher Course in History, UGC Academic Staff College, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 5th Jan 2012 “Dalit Protest Movements in India with special reference to Punjab” at Refresher Course in History, UGC Academic Staff College, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 5th Jan 2012 “Intellectual Dalit Poets of Punjab, 1700-1925 and the state of Histories of Punjabi Literature” at Literary Meet organized by ‘Punjabi Literary Association of California’ at Yuba City, California on 2nd April 2010 “Importance of Ambedkar’s Thought for Dalit-Bahujan Solidarity Today” at seminar organized by Ambedkar Mission, California in Fremont City on 27th April, 2010 “Significance of Dr B. R. Ambedkar in the lives of Dalits” at Shri Guru Ravi Dass Temple, New York on 18th April 2010 “Role of Punjabi Intellectuals in Building Cultural Bridges” at New Delhi at a Workshop on Roundtable on Building Bridges: The Role of the Indian Diaspora in Canada, India International Centre, New Delhi, 21 February 2008 "Developments in Punjabi Sufi Literature” at ASIDE, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda, Dec 2004 “Status of Women in Sikhism” at the Workshop on Women and Communalism, Women’s Studies Research Centre, M. S. University, Baroda April 1993. “Some Aspects of Comparative Study of Gujarati and Punjabi Cultures”, Department of Sociology, G.N.D.U. Amritsar, Oct. 1992. Raj Kumar Hans 9