CENTRE FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH SYNOD COLLEGE

About the Centre

The Centre’s goal is to systematically develop methodology and approaches for global, comparative, and transnational history in various fields of historical research. The Centre aims at bringing together scholars active in researching a wide variety of subjects. The Centre offers to the researcher and students, an advanced system of knowledge foundation and research explorations in the realm of historical studies and the porous boundaries between the discipline of history and adjacent fields of social sciences and potentialities of the cross-disciplinary research agenda-setting. The reconstruction and the understanding of the past are of paramount importance to protect and preserve the cultural and intellectual heritage.

Key research topics for the Centre are

Tribal Studies, Indigenous Architecture, Traditional knowledge, Health, Folklore, Culture and Identity, Performances and Material Culture, Religion, Environmental History, Women Studies, State Formation, Historiography, etc.

Objectives

The primary objective of the Centre is to emphasize the importance of theory and analytical concepts in reconstructing the past.

1. To promote research and academic exchanges on history and the social sciences.
2. To build a corpus of academic works in the northeastern region of India. To focus on the study of contemporary History along with exploring the history of other related regions.
3. To promote research in hitherto unexplored areas with a focus on the primary sources with special emphasis on areas which have not received adequate attention so far.
4. Encourage and assist publication of research.
5. To preserve historical antiques and other related records. To this end, the centre houses a state-of-the-art library, complete with the latest books, publications, journals and other reference material on North East history and society.
6. To work towards creating a comprehensive database on North East India which will generate scholarly interest at both national and international levels.

Researchers and students are therefore encouraged not only to conduct in-depth research but also instantaneously develop social obligation to judiciously apply the freshly acquired knowledge.

Activities

1. The Centre will organize Seminars, Conferences, Colloquiums, etc.
2. Series of Lectures (Quarterly) and the same will be published.
3. Research projects will be undertaken.
4. Publication of an annual Journal with RNI and ISSN code.
5. Exhibition of antique, documents, records, books, etc.

Release of the Coffee Table Book "Her Story: The Women Trailblazers of Meghalaya"
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Special talk by Dr. Jenita Mary Nongkynrih and Book Release by Dr. Ricky A.J. Syngkon as part of the International Women's Day Celebration organised by the Women Cell and the Centre for Historical Research Synod College(CHRSC)

The Advisory Committee

Working Committee

Contact

Dr. David Arnold Kharchandy
Secretary, Centre of Historical Research Synod College (CHRSC) &
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Synod College
Jaiaw - Lumdiengjri, Shillong - 793002
Meghalaya, India
Mobile Number - +919774579237
Email: davidarnoldsyc@gmail.com