Lester is an independent researcher and entrepreneur residing in Maine, United States whose current studies are focused on underrepresented pathogens and historical approaches to combating their resulting diseases. His work centers on targeting immunodeficiencies to prevent future large-scale infections in vulnerable populations, and in leveraging shared knowledge of botanical and organic compounds toward achieving this […]
Roderick Wijunamai is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, Cornell University. His research is driven by interests in political ecology, agrarian change, climate change, and food systems. Roderick’s PhD project in particular seeks to examine the changing livelihood strategies among the upland Konyak Nagas in the Indo-Myanmar borderlands. Email- rdrck.wjnm@gmail.com
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Senganglu Thaimei is an Associate Professor of English in Delhi University, and currently a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow. Email- sengmei64@gmail.com
Rhelo Kenye is a Guest Faculty at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad. He has submitted his PhD thesis at the Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His thesis titled “Folk Blues, Howey,and Pop: The Cultural Practice of Music in Contemporary Naga Society”, examined how music as a creative
Margaret Lyngdoh is pursuing a Post Doctorate at The Kohima Institute under the supervision of Professor Arkotong Longkumer. Prof Longkumer was one of the founders of the research institution, but he is based in the University of Edinburgh, UK. Margaret’s work is located on the intersections of “world religions” like Christianity and Hinduism as they
Aditya teaches at the University of Groningen in the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society. He holds a doctorate in International History and (with Minor in Anthropology and Sociology), from the Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID). His PhD thesis was titled Living on the Edge: How encounters with global war (WWII) re-made the Indo-Burma frontiers into bordered-worlds. The thesis addresses
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Dr Christian Poske is an ethnomusicologist whose research interests include the performing arts of east and northeast India and Bangladesh, music and conflict, ecomusicology, oral history, community engagement with archival recordings, applied ethnomusicology and historical ethnomusicology. Christian completed his BA and MA at Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata and his PhD in Music at SOAS
Don Duprez holds a PhD in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, and holds an MA in Anthropology from California State University, Northridge, and a BA in Anthropology and Archaeology from Georgia State University. His current research explores reproduction, religious hybridisation and efficacy among Hmong diaspora in the United States. Duprez has conducted research
Dr. Edward Moon-Little is a Social Anthropologist with diverse interests across academia, museums, and tech. As an academic, Edward has a passion for the history of anthropology and teaching anthropology. At the Highland Institute, he works on the summer school, donates books, and helps curate exhibitions. He also has a strong interest in market research,
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Dharamsing Teron is an independent researcher (graduated in History from Diphu Government College, Gauhati University) from Diphu, Karbi Anglong, who is engaged in documenting Karbi folklore. He is editor of the Karbi Studies series, the first volume of which appeared in 2008 under the banner of Karbi Young Writers’ Guild, as a result of combined
