News & Updates

Keeper of Stories- Critical Readings of Easterine Kire’s Novels

Synopsis : Highlander Books is delighted to announce the publication of Keeper of Stories, a selection of critical essays on the novels of Easterine Kire. Edited by K.B. Veio Pou, Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of…

Seed Guardians Of The Hills

The dusty winds of February 2023 not only brought about spring to Kohima but also heralded the start of a new project, Earthkeepers, at The Highland Institute Kohima (THI). This environmental humanities project is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.…

Earthkeepers

Canada-IDRC Myanmar Research Fellowships With funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, a research team will document traditional ecological knowledge and perceptions of climate change along the Myanmar-Nagaland border to facilitate the opening of channels for dialogue…

The Diary of Connie Shakespear: The Naga Hills 1900-1902

Synopsis : Connie Shakespeare’s ‘Diary’ is a lively and entertaining account of her adventures in the Naga Hills, an area far removed from the familiar Anglicized spaces of colonial India. The juxtaposition of written narrative and amateur photographs vividly brings her unusual experiences to…

Intersubjective Ecology Laboratory

The Intersubjective Ecology Laboratory is dedicated to investigating ecological conditions from a phenomenological perspective. Founded on the premise that all living beings and systems are subjects – and that anthropogenic destabilization of the environment derives from the objectification of the…