The Research Department at ACKU aims to provide academic research skills by providing courses and trainings to students and faculty staff. The research teams also facilitate the production of original research papers through collaboration with national and international institutes including universities and think tanks. It hosts academic conferences in which an academic field of study is explored and debated by experts. The Communication desk hosts events such as book launces, lecture series, reading clubs with the aim to initiate debate...
Courses on qualitative and quantitative methods of research are offered on ACKU campus through a periodic schedule where students and faculty can learn about basic to advance research concepts. A critical reading seminar has been designed to educate students on the merits of evaluating documents and arguments for their credibility and academic value.
In addition to studies carried out by orientalists in the nineteenth century, scholars have studied Afghanistan from different disciplinary perspectives in the twentieth century. As a matter of fact, it was during this later century when certain local and global institutions, individuals, and social and scholarly processes, such as Anjuman-e Adabi Kabul, Pashto Tolana, Anjuman-e Tarikh, DAFA, and others inside and outside Afghanistan, built the foundations of studies of Afghanistan.
Date: Nov 17 2022
The Afghanistan Center at Kabul University (ACKU) and the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) invite scholars and senior graduate students working on research themes on Afghanistan, both in humanities and social sciences, to present their works at an interdisciplinary conference, ‘Afghanistan Studies: Independence, More Independence, and Beyond Independence,’ which will take place on the campus of Kabul University, on August 17-18, 2019.
Date: Nov 17 2022
ACKU hosted the second National Journalism Conference at ACKU facility. The conference was organized by PAYK Investigative Journalism Centre, in which over a hundred news reporters, Journalists from Konar, Laghman, Nengarhar, Paktia, Herat, Balkh, Bamyan, Jawzjan, Kondoz, Takhar, Parwan and Students from Faculty of Journalism from public and private universities from Kabul participated.
Date: Apr 24 2019
Afghanistan Center at Kabul University (ACKU) hosted the sixth round of the series of discussions on Tolerance and Acceptance on December 15 at its conference hall in Kabul University. Dr. Amin Ahmadi, a distinguished scholar, researcher and the president of Ibn-e-Sina University explored tolerance and acceptance from an Islamic Culture perspective.
Date: Dec 22 2018
The Strategic Research Organization on Contemporary Sciences gathered a number of Afghan Ph.D. scholars and discussed about how technology contributes for a good governance as well as a transparent election. participants of this program included
Date: Oct 10 2018
Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University in cooperation with City, University of London on 10 April hosted a one day research conference presenting findings from the research project which will shortly conclude.
Date: Oct 10 2018
Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University in cooperation with City, University of London on 10 April hosted ...
Date: Jun 18 2018Papers from the research project published
in Dari and Pashto as a part of ACKU’s
Research Paper series.
Papers Coming Soon
The Afghanistan Information Center has specifically allocated four halls and rooms equipped with internet and computers for the use of students and researchers.
Nancy Dupree’s study room:
A room equipped with computer and internet is provided for students to do research work. Students who cannot access online resources can benefit from this relaxed environment and use online resources and other educational portals.
Scientific research room:
This research room is equipped with computer and internet. Peaceful environment for national and international researchers, researchers have access to physical and digital resources of the archive.
Showroom/ lecture hall:
The auditorium and lecture hall are used to host scientific-educational programs. The use of this salon is free for the public and they can organize their programs in this place.
Conference room:
This room has a capacity of more than twenty people and is equipped with a video conference system and facilities for holding online programs.
Improving the culture of research is one of the main goals of ACKU. For this purpose, we have not only been providing research facilities—aimed at expanding research skills among students—but also have been engaged in conducting research in various areas and organizing seminars and workshops to let the academia, other fellow researchers, students, teachers and the interested laymen know about the research outcomes. Apart from this, we are also seeking to implement research projects in partnership with different research institutes inside and outside of Afghanistan.
ACKU hosted a lecture program by Jean-Pierre Perrin, a French journalist. He began by describing the society that Alexander was raised in, and he referred to Alexander’s interest on the vast expansion of his territory. Mr. Perrin focused on Alexander’s arrival and 4 to 5 years sojourn in Afghanistan.
Date: Jul 08 2018ACKU hosted a research presentation on “Understanding the Face of Insurgency, a panel discussion on violent extremism on January 17th, 2016. Representatives from organizations like- The Liaison Office TLO, Research Institute for Women Peace & Security RIWPS, Cooperation for Peace and Unity CPAU and The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit AREU participated and presented their findings of research about this subject.
Date: Jul 08 2018
This 18 month project focuses on the representation of migration and migrants in Afghan oral culture, especially in popular poems- particularly dobaytis, landays- and lyrics
Date: Jun 20 2018
This 18 month project examines the development of migration policy in Afghanistan and in particular the influence of the European Union on that process.
Date: Jun 20 2018
This project is a longitudinal study of the fears, hopes and plans of families in the process of decision making in Kabul. The project is collaboration between City, University of London and the ACKU.
Date: Jun 20 2018
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Improving the culture of research is one of the main goals of ACKU. For this purpose, we have not only been providing research facilities—aimed at expanding research skills among students—but also have been engaged in conduct...
Date: Jun 20 2018Afghanistan is the journal of The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, dedicated to the cross-cultural study of Afghanistan and its surrounding regions, delving into its rich history from a wide variety of humanities-focused angles. The journal covers all subjects in the humanities including: history, art, archaeology, architecture, geography, numismatics, literature, religion, social sciences and contemporary issues from the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods.
Date: Dec 21 2022