This special issue of Sikh Formations developed out of a scholarly workshop entitled Bhai Vir Singh (1872–1957): Rethinking Literary Modernity in Colonial Punjab, that was held at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in August 2017 and organized by the issue coeditors, Anshu Malhotra and Anne Murphy. It marked an important milestone. The workshop program included both prominent and emerging scholars from the following institutions: in India, Ambedkar University Delhi, Punjabi University Patiala, Guru Kashi University, and Delhi University; in the United States, from Trinity College, University of Mississippi, and the University of Michigan; and from the University of British Columbia (where the workshop took place), three graduate students and one faculty member; the Director of the National Institute of Panjab Studies and the Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan in New Delhi also attended. Three recent graduates from UBC and Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, BC, Canada) with Bachelor’s of Arts degrees also participated in a special student panel. The workshop thus represented a crosssection of the new work that has been undertaken in Sikh and Punjab Studies in North America and in India.

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拜·维尔·辛格（Bhai Vir Singh，1872-1957年）：对旁遮普殖民地文学的现代性的反思

本期《锡克教的形成》特刊是根据一个名为“ Bhai Vir Singh（1872-1957）：重新思考旁遮普殖民地的文学现代性”的学术研讨会而开发的，该研讨会于2017年8月在不列颠哥伦比亚大学（UBC）举行，由议题共同编辑组织，安舒·马尔霍特拉（Anshu Malhotra）和安妮·墨菲（Anne Murphy）。它标志着一个重要的里程碑。讲习班方案包括来自以下机构的杰出学者和新兴学者：印度，德里安贝德卡大学，旁遮普大学帕提亚拉大学，古鲁喀什大学和德里大学；在美国，分别来自密西西比大学，密西西比大学和密西根大学；来自不列颠哥伦比亚大学（讲习班的所在地），三名研究生和一名教职员工；旁遮普邦国家研究所所长和新德里的Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan也出席了会议。来自UBC和Kwantlen理工大学（加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省萨里）的三名应届文科学士学位毕业生也参加了一个特殊的学生座谈会。因此，讲习班代表了北美和印度的锡克教和旁遮普邦研究中开展的新工作的横断面。