The essays and videos on this website result from Engaging Afghanistan, a project directed by Shiva Balaghi and Michael Kennedy at Brown University from fall 2009 through spring 2011. Funded by the Social Science Research Council’s “Academia in the Public Sphere” grant program, the project organized a working group of faculty and students at Brown and beyond with expertise on key themes critical to engagement with Afghanistan. The working group organized a lecture series, a film series for students, a major conference, and an art exhibition.