Almost five years following the American and Allied withdrawal in August 2021, the need to process, reflect on, and learn from the lessons after two decades of fighting and foreign policy in Afghanistan remains imperative.
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has partnered with the Hoover Afghanistan Relief Team to document the important stories of Afghans, Americans, and others who took part in and experienced the war and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan by capturing the stories and experiences of Afghans fleeing the country after the US withdrawal, the Taliban regime takeover, and the collapse of the Afghan government.
This collection of 450 hours of interviews will become available for research in the Library & Archives' digital repository on the day of the event.
The Archives Uncovered event series highlights the Hoover Institution Library & Archives’ recently acquired, preserved, and described library and archival material by exploring their contents, building connections to researchers, and tracing the role of history.
This half-day conference will be followed by a reception with light refreshments.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
H.R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, and a lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Halima Kazem is the Associate Director of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Stanford University and is the former Project Manager of the Afghanistan Oral Histories project at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Jean Cannon is a Research Fellow and Curator for North American Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
More speakers to be announced
