Afghanistan Week 2018
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)
- Time: 11-12:45
- Place: Norad, Bygdøy allé 27, Oslo
- Please follow this link for more information.
Military Capacity Building: Lessons Learnt from Afghanistan
Seminar with Robert Mood, Tora Fæste, Eirik Kristoffersen and Nicholas Marsh
Moderator: Kristian Berg Harpviken
- Time: 14:00-16:00
- Place: Oslo Militære Samfund, Myntgaten 3
- Please follow this link for more information.
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.
- Time: 17:00-19:00
- Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 7, Oslo
- Please follow this link for more information.
Thursday 15 March
Afghanistan: Broadening the Aperture
A Breakfast Talk by Barnett R. Rubin
- Time: 08:30-09:30 (breakfast from 08:00)
- Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo
- Please follow this link for more information and a recording of the event.
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
- Time: 09:45 -11:30
- Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3.
- Please follow this link for more information and a recording of the event.
Warlords and Governance in post-2001 Afghanistan: Accommodation versus Justice?
Seminar with Patricia Gossman and Dipali Mukhopadhyay.
Moderator: Kai Eide
- Time: 14:00-15:30
- Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3.
- Please follow this link for more information and a recording of the event.
Surviving in Today's Afghanistan
Seminar followed by an update on Norway's policies towards Afghan asylum seekers.
- Time: 16:30 - 18:30
- Place: Kulturhuset, Youngs gate 6.
- Please follow this link for more information and registration.
Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
- Time: 18:00 - 19:00
- Place: Kulturhuset, Youngs gate 6.
- Please follow this link for more information.
Friday 16 March
New Afghan Men? Marriage, Masculinity and Gender Politics amongst Afghans
- Time: 08:30-10:00
- Place: Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo.
- Please follow this link for more information.
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.
- Time: 18:00 - 19:30
- Place: Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo.
- Please follow this link for more information.
Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
New Afghan Men? Marriage, Masculinity and Gender Politics amongst Afghans
Language, Legacy and Landey (LLL)
Surviving in Today's Afghanistan
Warlords and Governance in post-2001 Afghanistan: Accommodation versus Justice?
Prospects for Peace? Chinese perspectives on Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Broadening the Aperture
Afghanistan Now: Opportunity-in-Crisis or Collapse-in-the-Making?
Military Capacity Building: Lessons Learnt from Afghanistan
The Human Face of Corruption
