March 2025

Conversations across Disciplines and Communities   The Highland Institute regularly convenes colloquia, symposia, and public lectures as part of its mission to foster rigorous interdisciplinary dialogue and engage meaningfully with both academic and community-based knowledge systems. These gatherings range from intimate research presentations to multi-day symposia, and are typically open to the public unless otherwise

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From 2020 to 2022, the Highland Institute hosted one of India’s most comprehensive academic writing training programmes, supported by the British Academy and led by a team of international scholars. The workshops focused on developing the research and publishing capacities of early-career scholars in India, with sessions on peer review, research methods, writing for journals,

The Ursula Graham Bower Lectures An Annual Lecture Series in Honour of a Pioneering Anthropologist About the Lecture Series The Ursula Graham Bower Lectures are the Highland Institute’s most prestigious annual academic event, established to honour the legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable ethnographers and wartime leaders. Known for her deep and