The Afghanistan Week 2018 is a series of events related to Afghanistan, which is a collaboration between the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The week is made possible, thanks to support from NORAD and the Fritt Ord Foundation.
Further content will be added, but you may register for the events that are now listed, by following the links below.
Tuesday 13 March
The Human Face of Corruption (side event)
Impacts and implications of corruption for development aid in Afghanistan - the case of the education sector.
Military Capacity Building: Lessons Learnt from Afghanistan
Seminar with Robert Mood, Tora Fæste, Eirik Kristoffersen and Nicholas Marsh
Moderator: Kristian Berg Harpviken
Wednesday 14 March
Afghanistan Now: Opportunity-in-Crisis or Collapse-in-the-Making?
Main event of the 2018 Afghanistan Week
After the seminar, all are welcome to informal mingling and a snack.
Seminar with Shukria Barakzai, Orzala Nemat, Borhan Osman, Barnett R. Rubin and Patricia Gossman.
Thursday 15 March
Afghanistan: Broadening the Aperture
A Breakfast Talk by Barnett R. Rubin
Prospects for Peace? Chinese perspectives on Afghanistan
Seminar with Barnett R. Rubin. Ying Rong, Hu Shisheng, Wang Shida and Wang Xu.
Moderator: Kristian Berg Harpviken
Warlords and Governance in post-2001 Afghanistan: Accommodation versus Justice?
Seminar with Patricia Gossman and Dipali Mukhopadhyay.
Moderator: Kai Eide
Surviving in Today's Afghanistan
Seminar followed by an update on Norway's policies towards Afghan asylum seekers.
Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
Afghan Women's Voices as Cultural Heritage and Free Expression
An evening mushaira with music and poetry reading
Friday 16 March
New Afghan Men? Marriage, Masculinity and Gender Politics amongst Afghans
Breakfast seminar with Aziz Hakimi and Torunn Wimpelmann.
Saturday 17 March
Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
Afghan Women's Voices as Cultural Heritage and Free Expression
Welcome to a poetic evening with Norwegian and Afghan poets, Afghan music and literary conversation.
Past Events
- Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00-19:30 - Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
- Fri, 16 Mar 2018 08:30-10:00 - New Afghan Men? Marriage, Masculinity and Gender Politics amongst Afghans
- Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:00-19:00 - Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
- Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:30-18:30 - Surviving in Today's Afghanistan
- Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:00-15:30 - Warlords and Governance in post-2001 Afghanistan: Accommodation versus Justice?
- Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:45-11:30 - Prospects for Peace? Chinese perspectives on Afghanistan
- Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:30-09:30 - Afghanistan: Broadening the Aperture
- Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:00-19:00 - Afghanistan Now: Opportunity-in-Crisis or Collapse-in-the-Making?
- Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:00-16:00 - Military Capacity Building: Lessons Learnt from Afghanistan
- Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:00-12:45 - The Human Face of Corruption