American Institute of Afghanistan Studies

02/25/2025

Call for 2025 JFR Fellowship Applications!

Please see the attached flyer for information on this year's fellowship cycle, deadline to apply is March 14th!

03/08/2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! AIAS is now accepting applications for the 2024 round of John F. Richards Fellowships. Please see the attached flyer for details, or email [email protected] with any questions.

Deadline to apply: APRIL 5th 2024.

01/22/2024

The AIAS, United States Institute of Peace, and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies are cohosting a joint colloquium, Afghanistan: Generating a Political Process in Afghanistan, and the Call for Abstracts deadline is Friday, February 16th! Please see the attachment for the prompt, and please visit Kroc's website for the event information.

Colloquium will be held at Notre Dame on April 25-26th!

https://lnkd.in/exeYpAfp

05/18/2023

Please see the attached flyer for information on a summer course in conversational Pashto at UT Austin!

03/23/2023

AIAS is now accepting applications for the 2023 John F. Richards Fellowship Cycle! Please see below for information and visit https://afghan-institute.org/research/ for all application materials. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

03/17/2023

You can now view the conference at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cUM9C7qks Thank you to all of our panelists for their time; this event was incredibly powerful and meaningful!

AIAS is excited to announce a conference dedicated to Afghan women in honor of International Women's Day. Hosted in conjunction with the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, the event is held entirely online and taking place March 9th. Register at tinyurl.com/afghanwomenspeak

02/28/2023

AIAS is excited to announce a conference dedicated to Afghan women in honor of International Women's Day. Hosted in conjunction with the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, the event is held entirely online and taking place March 9th. Register at tinyurl.com/afghanwomenspeak

12/13/2022

Join AIAS President Dr. Thomas Barfield and AIAS Country Director Dr. Omar Sharifi for the second talk in the Afghanistan: A Look Back series. The event is hosted by American University Afghanistan and will be taking place on Dec. 13th! See flyer below for a link to the event. 6:30pm Kabul time.

10/25/2022

You can now view the conversation with Ambassador Wilson by downloading the recording at this link:

https://universityvideo.wetransfer.com/downloads/5e119e682e8c8eea60f9837aa22b253120221013023601/ea0a026350a2d064bde4dc63d581262f20221013023601/9f6801

Join the AIAS and Humphrey School community in a conversation with Ambassador Ross Wilson!

10/03/2022

Join the AIAS and Humphrey School community in a conversation with Ambassador Ross Wilson!

06/14/2022

AIAS is excited to announce that this year's fellowship cycle is now open and accepting applications! Please see the attachment for more information and direct any questions to [email protected]. DEADLINE: June 30th 2022.

We look forward to receiving your application!

04/29/2021

AIAS is proud to share two new publications our President and Kabul Director co-authored.

First, AIAS President Dr. Thomas Barfield co-authored "Bringing Multilateralism Back in: Ending the War in Afghanistan is Not a One-Nation Job" (https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/Afghanistan-Peace-Process_Bringing-Multilateralism-Back.pdf)

Secondly, AIAS Kabul Director Dr. Omar Sharifi co-authored "The Hail Mary of Power-Sharing in Afghanistan" (https://nationalinterest.org/feature/hail-mary-power-sharing-afghanistan-181178)

Please find each publication attached at the individual links.

In a multi-ethnic nation such as Afghanistan where all other types of autocracy have failed, a democratic and decentralized system of governance is perhaps the only remaining option.