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Recent News
ASC Associate Director Pamela Jagger’s Article Examines Solar Energy Access in Malawi
Professor Pamela Jagger’s new article examines the rapid growth of solar energy in Malawi and the financial barriers that continue to limit access for low-income households.
Congratulations to UMAPS Alumni Makai Daniel on completing his PhD
From conflict zones to global scholarship, Dr. Makai Daniel discusses his education journey.
The African Studies Center (ASC) at the University of Michigan
ASC provides strategic guidance and coordination for Africa-related education, research, and training activities on campus, and promotes opportunities for collaboration with African partners on the continent.
Founded in 2008, the center serves as a conduit for the university’s many Africa initiatives in the sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, engineering, and medicine.
The center is organized around the following research initiatives that have been funded separately by the Office of the President and different stakeholders on campus: African Heritage and Humanities (AHHI), African Social Research (ASRI), STEM-Africa, and U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) Program.
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Events
Mar
16
ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Materials, Resources, and the Just Energy Transition in Africa
Yetunde Ajayeoba, Bahati Kayaga, Janet Munakamwe
12:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
16
Donia Human Rights Center Panel | Human Rights and LGBTQ Love: Art and Fiction as Resistance
4:00 PM
Room 1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
19
ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Innovations and Methods for Advancing Health and Reproductive Justice in Africa
Tata Coulibaly, Kassim Tawiah, Brigitte Irankunda
12:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Mar
23
ASC Winter 2026 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series: Artificial Intelligence, Gender, Culture, and Electrochemical Sensing in Africa
Zainab Bello, Vanessa Mokwebo, Nuniyat Abebe
12:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Apr
01
ASC Lecture. AI in Africa: A New Agenda for African Languages x AI: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Vukosi Marivate, University of Pretoria
2:00 PM
555
Weiser Hall
