The Highland Institute is part of a research team conducting academic training and ethnographic research in areas along the Northeast India-Myanmar border centred on studying perceptions and impacts of climate change linked to natural resource use and environmental concerns within…
A Highland Institute Initiative Directed by Jonathon Keats In Collaboration with Anna Ziya Geerling and Michael Heneise, Ph.D. Since time immemorial, proverbs have guided people, enlisting nature as a metaphor. In the past, references to the natural world helped to…
From 23 April to 7 May 2022, the Highland Institute hosted the exhibition “Naga Ancestral Voices: Songs, Stories, Beliefs”, thematising the changing soundscapes of Nagaland. Based on the research project “Recirculating J. H. Hutton’s Recordings in Nagaland”, the exhibition was…
The British Academy Effective Writing Workshop 2021–22 tackles the concerns faced by early career, post-doctoral, and Ph.D. scholars in India. From learning the basics of publishing in high-impact journals and writing successful research grant applications, to developing national and international professional networks…
We have decided to cancel this Saturday’s Hutton Lectures event. This is considering the political situation in Nagaland following the massacre of at least 13 villagers in Mon district. The atmosphere remains understandably tense, and the optics are not good…