HUTTON LECTURES BEGINS AT HERITAGE CONFERENCE HALL The 2 day Hutton lectures 2014 began at the Heritage (Old DC Bungalow) conference hall on 3rd December 2014 scheduled in conjunction with the Hornbill festival. The main purpose of the lecturers was to take stock of current ethnographic and sociological research more generally in the greater Eastern Himalayan region with special emphasis on the Naga areas. Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control and Election, Vikheho Swu lighted the lamp in commemoration of the 2nd edition of Hutton lecturers which was initiated in 2013. In his speech, he commented that Nagas have peculiar characteristics and said that many Naga tribes are unable to trace their origin and migratory routes due to lack of literature. Commissioner & Secretary, Tourism and Art & Culture, Himato Zhimomi delivered welcome address while the opening remark was delivered by convenor of the Hutton Lecturers, Michael Heneise. Principal, St. Joseph’s college, Jakhama Fr. Abraham Lotha delivered keynote address on ‘Religious faith Christianity Ethnotheology and the Naga people’ while lecturer in religious studies, University of Edinburgh, Dr. Arkotong Longkumer spoke on ‘Christianity & Ethno theology : Remaking social worlds in Northeast India’.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:31:24 +0000