Afghan Studies

Book Talk: Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42

Afghan Studies Book Talk with Author William Dalrymple
Monday, April 29, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Buddhas of Mes Aynak

Documentary film screening with director Brent Huffman, Northwestern University
Friday, March 08, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Watches Without Time: An American Soldier in Afghanistan

Afghan Studies Book Talk by U.S. Army Capt. Matt Zeller
Thursday, December 06, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

UCI: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World

Day 2 two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Friday, November 09, 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

UCLA: Beyond the Bamiyan Buddhas: Archaeology and History in the Modern and Ancient Persianate World

Day 1 of a two-day program at UCLA and UC Irvine, showcasing the cutting-edge of international research on Afghanistan’s archaeology and history
Thursday, November 08, 2012
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Do Fair Elections Enhance Perceptions of Government? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

Michael Callen, UCSD
Friday, October 12, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan: 1500-2014

A lecture by Thomas Barfield, Boston University
Monday, October 08, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Human Rights for Afghan Women

Fowler OutSpoken Conversation: Human Rights for Afghan Women
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
7:00 PM

Concepts of Statehood and Territoriality in Early Modern Afghanistan

Afghan Studies Lecture by Christine Nölle-Karimi, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Gallery Tour of "Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women"

Roy Hamilton, Sr. Curator for Asian and Pacific Collections, UCLA Fowler Museum
Saturday, April 07, 2012
10:45 AM

Heroin Heroines: Women and the Men Who Work with Them in Afghanistan's Drug Trade

Book talk by Fariba Nawa
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women

Exhibit at the UCLA Fowler Museum
Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Emergence and Tides of a Contemporary Saint: Bibi Nushin of Shibirghan, Afghanistan

A Lecture by Ingeborg Baldauf, Humboldt University, Berlin
Friday, November 18, 2011
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Great Games? Afghan History through Afghan Eyes

An International Conference of the UCLA Program on Central Asia
Thursday, November 17, 2011
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

The Indian Ulema in Afghanistan

The Center for India and South Asia, the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Asia Institute Program on Central Asia presents a seminar with Professor Sana Haroon, Institute of Business Administration Karachi.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

World History Through Afghan Muslim Eyes

Tamim Ansary, Author of “Destiny Disrupted, A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes”
Monday, February 28, 2011
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Life and Legacy of an Afghan Leader: Ahmed Shah Massoud

Central Asia Initiative Book Talk with Marcela Grad, author of "Massoud: An Intimate Portrait of the Legendary Afghan Leader"
Monday, April 06, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Afghan Society after the Taliban: The View from the Hills

Central Asia Initiative Panel Presentation: Leading anthropologists discuss contemporary Afghanistan
Monday, November 17, 2008
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM