ALPA in Exile
Time & Location
October
Washington DC | Hybrid
About the event
ALPA invites submissions for its 2026 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Building on its previous annual conferences, the 2026 ALPA Annual Conference will be one of the largest gatherings on Afghanistan studies, bringing together Afghan and international scholars across the humanities and social sciences.
In addition to its regular panels, the 2026 conference will include full paper workshops, an exhibition of publications, workshops on research, publication, and employment, roundtables, book talks, and a side event for networking and socialization. It will offer a valuable opportunity for scholars to discuss questions of common interest and contribute to deeper understanding of issues affecting Afghanistan.
Interested scholars are invited to submit abstracts on any topic related to Afghanistan. We welcome submissions from all fields of the humanities and social sciences. We especially encourage submissions from Afghan scholars, early career researchers, women scholars, scholars in exile, scholars inside Afghanistan, and researchers working…