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Recent News
African Women Film Festival 2025 to Showcase the Creativity, Resilience, and Global Impact of African Women in Cinema
Hosted by the African Studies Center, this three-day event spotlights women filmmakers redefining global narratives.
ASC welcomes the 2025 UMAPS Fall cohort to campus
Since 2009, the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) program has hosted 260 scholars to date, representing a diverse range of disciplines.
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
Oct
29
Multi
ASC Fall 2025 UMAPS Research Colloquium Series
Molebogeng Bodiba, Charles Gafita, Alecia Ndlovu, Christian Kwisanga, Folakemi Ogungbe
3:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
02
Exhibition Tour: Zina Saro-Wiwa: Table Manners Season I
University of Michigan Museum of Art
2:00 PM
Museum of Art
Museum of Art
Nov
05
Multi
ASC Event. African Women Film Festival 2025
Voices of Resilience: The Power of Storytelling in African Cinema
8:00 AM
Vandenberg, Henderson, and Hussey
Michigan League
Nov
12
ASC Informational Webinar: Applying to Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS), African Studies Specialization
Pamela Jagger, Associate Director, African Studies Center; Professor of Environment and Sustainability/Public Policy, University of Michigan
6:00 PM
Virtual
