Category Archives: Laidlaw Scholars

“Reclaiming Our Narrative”: An Analysis of Afghan History and Cold War Politics

Coming to Columbia University as a transfer student in the Fall of 2024, I had one goal, which was to advance the research I had begun during my freshman year. Ever since 2021, when the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Taking Research Abroad

I didn’t come to Columbia with aspirations of traveling abroad– New York City already felt like a foreign country to me, and its museums, languages, and libraries have enough to occupy ten lifetimes’ worth of curiosity. In my sophomore year, … Continue reading

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