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Hutton Lectures 2018

We warmly invite scholars conducting research in the eastern Himalayan region to submit papers for our Sixth Annual Hutton Lectures symposium, to be held on the 3rd and 4th of December at the Highland Institute, Nagaland. The papers should relate…

Hutton Lectures 2017

2017 Hutton Lectures 2nd December, 4 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. The Highland Institute, Meluri Road, Ziekezu P. Khel, Kohima Village, Nagaland Dr Peter J. Matthews, Ethnobotanist National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Lecture: “Exploring the origins of taro in Asia and…

Hutton Lectures 2016

The Highland Institute, on December 8th and 9th (2016), hosted the fourth annual Hutton Lecture and symposium on the theme ‘Indigenous Knowledge‘. The event was co-organised with Ambedkar University’s North East Forum (NEF), and Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), in partnership with…

Hutton Lectures 2015

The third annual 2015 Hutton Lectures was held on the 5th of December, 2015 at De Oriental Grand Hotel in Kohima, with the title: ‘Handshakes with History‘, drawing on the keynote lecture’s title. The day-long symposium had two sessions: Morning…

Hutton Lectures 2014

The 2014 Hutton Lectures were held on the 3rd and 4th of December beginning at 8AM at The Heritage (Old D.C. Bungalow), Kohima; a historical space that provides a setting appropriate for the projected size of the audience as and…