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Five U-M faculty receive coveted Guggenheim Fellowship

Lions in West Africa: A new assistant professor’s passion

Four U-M professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

Maternal deaths in Africa: Cutting down the distance that kills

ASC wishes to congratulate Derek Peterson on his election to the 2016 African Studies Association (ASA) Board of Directors

Could Angola have prevented its yellow fever epidemic?

Howard Stein, ASC affiliate and professor of epidemiology and Afroamerican and African studies, was quoted in an article about how Kenya can invigorate its manufacturing sector.

ASC announces new leadership for the 2016-17 academic year

ASC and DAAS at the 34th African World Festival Detroit

ASC Welcomes the 2016-17 U-M African Presidential Scholars

‘Traces’ Follows African Mask Along 10,000 Mile Journey

Michelle Munro-Kramer and Sarah Rominski are two of the researchers working to create a sexual violence prevention program in Ghana.

Professor Stein on the effect of China’s economic slowdown to many African countries

Omolade Adunbi, associate professor of Afroamerican and African studies, was quoted in an article about the Obama administration's legacy in Africa

ASC-affilate faculty Nyeema Harris uses motion-triggered "camera traps" to study wildlife

Professor Nancy Love, who works on water quality issues in different countries, including Ethiopia, talks about her research on water filters in Flint, Michigan

Faculty Seed Grant 2017 Competition Now Open

Call for Papers: 2017 competition for the Lester P. Monts Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research on Africa

ASRI affiliate Rod Alence on the importance of regulatory frameworks and State capacity in the mining sector

African Studies Center’s Book Series, African Perspectives, launches first volume

ASC faculty member Jeffrey Heath awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant

ASC Seed Grant recipient to direct Global Cancer Initiative

STEM-IV: Africa-US Frontiers in Science

ASRI affiliate Alecia Ndlovu featured as one of “200 Young South Africans”

The Third Annual Michigan-Ethiopia Collaborative Consortium (EMC2) Conference

Message from the ASC Director

Humanities Collaboratory Grant for Documenting Afrikaans in Patagonia

ASC-sponsored Exhibit at UMMA

Explaining the absence of war in an African country: book conversation with Mike McGovern

Celebrating 10 years, ASC welcomes the 10th cohort of the UMAPS program

ASC faculty affiliate Mai Hassan quoted in the NYTimes.com story

Congratulations to ASC-affiliated faculty members Anita Gonzalez, James S. Jackson, Marianetta Porter, and Mark Tessler for receiving distinguished recognition for their work and scholarship

ASC affiliate Derek Peterson named one of the 2017 MacArthur Fellows

Brady G'sell, Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology & History, recipient of the Sylvia Forman Prize

Faculty Seed Grant 2018 Competition Now Open

Call for Papers: 2018 competition for the Lester P. Monts Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research on Africa

Congratulations to our ASC-affiliated faculty Naomi Andre, recipient of The Shirley Verrett Award for 2017-2018

The University Record Spotlight this week features ASC-affiliated faculty Yazier Henry

ASC-affiliated faculty Valeria Bertacco and team receive funding from DARPA

ASC Director Kelly Askew presented at the 2018 United Nations International Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Development in Territories of Indigenous Peoples

ASC-affiliate Cheryl Moyer receives U-M award

Geoff Emberling comments on the urgency of uncovering ancient artifacts

Naomi Andre quoted by AP News on the restoration of the opera Porgy and Bess

Herbert Winful receives Outreach and Diversity Award from the College of Engineering

U-M African Studies Center: Celebrating a decade of academic excellence, cultural understanding

ASC congratulates Meagan Malm for receiving the 2018 Wallenberg Fellow award.

ASC congratules CIRHT on establishing a new partnership with the University of Rwanda

Tom Bray receives the Exceptional Service Award

Pharm-biotech partnership with Uganda's MUST

Scanning Idi Amin at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

Arun Agrawal elected to National Academy of Sciences

ASC Associate Director Andries Coetzee receives promotion to full professor

STEM-Africa associated faculty engage with Gabon, Ghana, and Uganda

ASC faculty affiliate Derek Peterson and team featured in the Judiciary of the Republic of Uganda

Kelly Askew talks about the life and work of Leo Sarkisian on NPR's Here & Now

“Beyond Borders” exhibition curated by AHHI steering committee member Laura de Becker

GFCC Fellowship for STEM-Africa steering committee member Nkem Khumbah

Provost’s trip to Africa highlights deep collaborations

“Making African Art” receives Humanities Collaboratory project grant

African Studies Center names new leadership

ASC welcomes the 2018-2019 cohort of the UMAPS program

US-SA Higher Education Network features in its inaugural newsletter the UMAPS program and Provost Philbert’s visit to South Africa

In Memoriam: Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi

Siobán Harlow discusses importance of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad

Spotlight on foremost South African composer Mzilikazi Khumalo

ASC faculty affiliate Marlous van Waijenburg cited in The Economist

Veronica Dzomeku, 2017 UMAPS scholar, receives NIH Fogarty Award

Rethinking the Boundaries of the Filmic and Photographic

UBC TV's latest segment features ASC faculty affiliate Derek Peterson and team

ASC and UMAPS at the African Studies Association meeting

Albie Sachs: The Alchemy of Culture and Law in the South African Constitutional Court

Project team of ASC affiliated faculty and UMAPS program scholars receives the 2019 Catalyst Grant from the Graham Institute

The music of Fela Kuti comes to life!

Jody R. Lori is recipient of the 2019 Sarah Goddard Power Award

2018-19 UMAPS Cohort and the Michigan Experience

UMAPS Alum Receives Prestigious Women in Science Award

Connecting to Heritage through Language: Studying Swahili and Yoruba at U-M

Meet ASC's Advisory Board

ASC continues to support students who are engaged in Africa-related research and internships

“The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin“ opening exhibit attracts much attention at Ugandan National Museum

UMAPS alumna, U-M faculty collaborator, and team of U-M and African university faculty receive the Graham Institute Catalyst Grant

ASRI members analyze May 2019 South African elections

ASC associates Oveta Fuller and Elizabeth King publish findings on 'Trusted Messenger Approach' to HIV-Prevention in Zambia

Project on Community-Engaged Learning for Health Profession Students in the US and Uganda

ASC welcomes the 2019-2020 UMAPS cohort

Innovation and Appropriate Technology in Africa

Leo Sarkisian’s ‘Music Time in Africa’

Student Spotlight: Chiamaka Ukachukwu, AGSA President

ASC Student Spotlight: Kirby Mills

U-M academics discuss the UMAPS program, African knowledge production, and citation practices

Seed grants supporting faculty research about Africa

Outgoing UMAPS cohort builds on program’s success

Michigan at the “Woordfees” in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Africa in the Global Legal System

ASC receives $50K gift from Giorgio Guastalla to support UMAPS program

UMAPS alum, ASC associates present research at II conference

Learning and Teaching Yoruba at U-M

ASC Associates receive grants for projects in Liberia, Uganda

ASC and ISR partner on scholarship opportunity for UMAPS scholars, others

ASC associate receives prestigious award in Quantum Electronics

Two ASC associates receive funding from IRWG

ASC Associate Elizabeth King Conducts Critical Research on Female Sex Workers and HIV Susceptibility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ASC associates receive Humanities Collaboratory grant for project on the intersections of social memory, revolutionary activism, and anti-black racism in Nubia

CSAS Director and ASC Associate Jatin Dua Receives the 2020 Jack Goody Award

Ongoing Collaboration, New Lab, and New Scientific Journal: Following up with UMAPS Alumna, Adélaïde Nieguitsila

ASC seed grant awardee continues important work on tourism and archaeology in Lesotho

ASC catches up with recent summer funding award recipient, Comfort Tamanda Mtotha

UMAPS Alumni and ASC Associate Discuss the Impacts of Climate Change throughout Africa

Congratulations to our very own Andries Coetzee for receiving the U-M Faculty Recognition Award!

Meet Vanessa Holmes, working on UMAPS alumni data, and educational access

ASC associate, Ravi Anupindi, discusses coronavirus vaccines, supply chains, and distribution

Meet Omowumi Ogunleye, FLTA for Yoruba

UMAPS alum William Gblerkpor to serve on Ghana's Presidential Committee on Museums and Monuments

ASC Executive Committee member Kwasi Ampene elected as incoming President of the Ghana Studies Association

From ASC to Civil Servant and Master Gardener: Sandie Schulze’s Pseudo ‘Retirement’

AAAS releases new report on international future of science

New podcast featuring Nyeema Harris on research, community engagement, and Black Mammalogists Week

Anne Pitcher and research team have been awarded a prestigious grant on the observation of election-related violence and security in select African countries

Kwasi Ampene awarded ASC Seed Grant to study musical expressions and traditions in Ghana and Togo

Elisa Mafioli receives ASC Seed Grant to study community trust of healthcare workers and information in Liberia for effective COVID-19 response

ASC welcomes new advisory board members: Ugo Ikemba and Kwame Marfo

ASC associates Anupindi and Sienko elected to NASEM's Board on Global Health

Michelle Munro-Kramer awarded ASC Seed Grant to establish a network for gender-based violence prevention across Sub-Saharan Africa

Dean Yang awarded ASC Seed Grant to study antiretroviral therapy adherence in Beira, Mozambique

U-M Africa Week, February 15-19, 2021

Rotimi and Goodrich build on ASC Seed Grant Successes

Introducing Ambassador Susan D. Page to the U-M Community

Applications accepted for ASC-ISR scholarships for ICPSR Summer School

Thank you for supporting ASC!

U-M Students Produce Short Film in Swahili: “Maisha ya Mama Esperance”

Jatin Dua receives the 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Book Prize

Naomi André Co-Edits New Book: “African Performance Arts and Political Acts”

ASC welcomes the 2021/22 UMAPS fall cohort to campus

Alatinga and Moyer Receive Seed Grant to Study Maternal Healthcare in Ghana

Johannesburg’s Infrastructures of Security and Exclusion - Martin Murray Set to Publish his Latest Book

Michelle Bellino awarded ASC grant for her work on youth displacement and education in Kenya

Happy Holidays from ASC!

Congratulations to Daniel Iddrisu, our newest MIRS graduate!

Farewell and Cheers to the Fall 2021 UMAPS Cohort!

Student research and internships supported by ASC grants

ASC welcomes the UMAPS winter 2022 cohort to campus

“Violations Against Indigenous Africa” Website Launch

‘Your Rhythm Is Rebellion’: Ringing in Postcolonial Carillon Solidarity on the Sixty Bells of the University of Michigan Carillon Tower

UMAPS Spotlight: Phuti Sepuru, Servias Guvuriro, Peter Ozaveshe Oviroh, and John-Doe Dordzro

UMAPS Spotlight: Justus Twesigye, Firminus Mugumya, Laston Manja

Congratulations to Alfred Momodu and Renhui Chen, 2022 MIRS African Studies Graduates!

Cheers and Thank You to Henrike Florusbosch!

MIRS students present and publish their research

UMAPS Spotlight: Purity Muthoni, Diana Mbatudde, Anslyn John

Omowumi Banjo-Ogunleye named inaugural Heleniak-Carstarphen Graduate Student

African Studies Center welcomes new director, Omolade Adunbi

ASC welcomes the 2022 fall UMAPS cohort to U-M!

Welcome Delany Doggett and Omowumi Elizabeth Banjo

Meet Hanifat Adeleke, FLTA for Yoruba

2022 Lester Monts Awardee: Comfort Mtotha

Congratulations to ASC associates Roy Clarke and Oveta Fuller for receiving U-M awards this year!

Ugochi Adaku Okengwu serves as the keynote speaker at this year’s Nigerian Library and Information Technology Today (LITT) National Conference/Workshop

Student Spotlight: Tyler Musgrave, 2022-2023 ASC Language Scholarship Awardee

Dannah Elise Wilson receives the Inaugural Niara Sudarkasa Scholarship

UMAPS Alum Peter Oviroh serves as a panel member at the United Nations Climate Change Conference

Language scholarship awardee: Marsae Lynette Mitchell

UMAPS scholar spotlight: Sevias Guvuriro (Winter 2022 cohort)

UMAPS 2022 Fellow Justine Germo Nzweundji serves on the high panel at a forum organized by Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) and Chief Scientist of Canada

In Memoriam A. Oveta Fuller

UMAPS Alumni Spotlight: Usisipho Feleni

Congratulations to Fall 2021 UMAPS Alumna Tolulope Olawole!

Irene Routté’s essay received the 2022 Bennetta Jules-Rosette Graduate Essay Award honorable mention

Welcome to the UMAPS Winter 2023 Cohort!

Student Research and Internships Supported by ASC Grants in 2022

Ernesta Cole Speaks at Rackam's 2023 King Talks

Student Spotlight: Deborah Abodunrin, 2022-2023 ASC Language Scholarship Awardee

Congratulations to Fall 2014 UMAPS Alumni Mucha Musemwa!

Congratulations to ASC Associate Gary Harper for being appointed as an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor!

UMAPS Alum Laston Manja to return to U-M!

ASC Director Omolade Adunbi joins panel on climate crisis

Congratulations to MIRS graduate Nahom Benyam!

Congratulations to MIRS Grad Eliah Madukuli!

Congratulations to MIRS Graduate Ernesta Cole!

Student Service Trip to Makhanda, South Africa

Congratulations to ASC Associate Jody Lori for Receiving the Coveted U-M President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education

Nollywood Actress Omowunmi Dada visits U-M

Congrats to IARSLCE Awardee Nesha Haniff!

Congratulations to Gabriel Ayoola, New VP of ALTA

Meet our Swahili FLTA, Marion Awino

UMAPS Alumni Spotlight: Peter Oviroh

Meet our Yoruba FLTA, Kehinde Enilolobo

Congratulations to Elsa Olander!

Congratulations to Nesha Haniff!

ASC Celebrates 15 Years with Symposium on US-Africa Higher Education Partnerships

UMAPS Scholar Ayalnesh Zemene Yalew Earns Ph.D., Advances Women's Health Research

ASC Associate Brian Klein's "Dina, Domination and Resistance" Wins AAG Award

Congratulations to MIRS Graduate Delany Doggett!

Talitha Tukura Pam, ASC Grad Student, Presents at the GMEI Conference

A Welcome from ASC Director Omolade Adunbi

Congratulations to ASC Faculty Members for Receiving the OVPR Anti-racism Grants

ASC partners with MIDAS to expand the UMAPS Program

Congratulations to Professor Ron Eglash!

ASC welcomes the 2024/25 UMAPS fall cohort to campus

Meet the new FLTAs, Abiola Afolayan and Daudi Abuya

ASC to Host Symposium on Sudan, November 18

University designates $90,000 to program for Ethiopian scholars

Timothy McKay, ASC affiliate and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Physics, is one of the newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Gabrielle Hecht, professor of history, was quoted in a story about the uniqueness of the global market for uranium.

Omolade Adunbi, ASC affiliate and professor of African studies, is quoted in the International Business Times story “Buhari As Petroleum Minister And President Is Problematic For Nigerian Economy, Governance, Experts Say”

Gabrielle Hecht: Allure of nuclear power spreading across Africa

African Studies Center Welcomes the 2015-16 UMAPS Scholars

A campus tour leads to a partnership in Africa

David Lam will lead U-M Institute for Social Research

Ghana library named after U-M Obgyn chair for devotion to curbing global maternal deaths

ASRI coordinator and ASC faculty associate Anne Pitcher elected as Vice President-Elect of the African Studies Association

Cape Town: launch of The Politics of Heritage in Africa a resounding success

Academics elated at launch of book on heritage

A nurse fights Ebola in Sierra Leone: ‘You do some crying’

Toyama project studies impact of educational technology in Africa

Global Crossroads Series Special Event: Maternal and Child Health in Ethiopia

Trust exercises

Ann Arbor to Addis Ababa: MLaw Students Build Partnerships Abroad to Combat Human Trafficking

Addressing Ebola Through Design

Ancient Egyptian artifacts on view for first time in Kelsey exhibit

U-M center launches first phase of reproductive health training in Ethiopia

Kling to present Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture

The Pharaohs of Ancient Sudan

Valuable collection of African music comes to UM

Addressing Africa’s Scientific Deficit

HathiTrust series explores benefits of print digitization

Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development

UMMS awarded $1.44M to address maternal and neonatal mortality in Ghana

UMSI faculty helping to bring rare and valuable African music archive to U-M

How to Help in Efforts to Stem Ebola’s Tide

Rise of the Black Pharaohs

Kenyan efforts to counter Al-Shabab need to be reformed

Unique program brings African scholars to U-M

ASC faculty associate Anne Pitcher on how housing sheds light on the politics and economics of Angola

Five questions with Dr Nkem Khumbah: Why Africa needs more investment in science

How to Stop Ebola -- and the Next Outbreak

BTN LiveBIG: Michigan impacting healthcare in Ghana

Dr. Oveta Fuller joins ASC as the new associate director

Africa Needs Science, Not Aid

ASC Faculty Associates Published in II Journal

ASC confirms UMAPS scholars

Doctors from U-M and Ghana create new partnerships for improving health in low resource countries

“Professional Death” and Rebirth? History, Violence, and Education

Ambassador Tebelelo Seretse of Botswana to visit U-M campus, June 18

Lester P. Monts Award Established

Howard Stein quoted in <i>The Irish Times</i>

2014 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Creative Work

Shared Narratives: UT Honors Sponsored Students at 7th Annual Reception

Desmond D'Sa, Goldman Prize Winner, Works To Improve Durban, South Africa

Electronic waste: Is your old computer linked to hearing loss in Africa?

World Bank VP on science in Africa: Leaping from ‘Yes, we can’ to ‘Yes, we do’

Curator of African Art Position Established With Gift From Helmut and Candis Stern

Country Report: Angola

U-M nurse anesthetist leads medical relief trip in Kenya with U-M and Henry Ford health systems

Research Trip to Sudan

U-M scholars to lead 2014 Africa workshop of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

Photo Essay: A Tribute to Nelson Mandela by Pulitzer Winner David Turnley

Derek Peterson wins Melville J. Herskovits Award

Data Literacy Grows in South Africa

Battling Brain Drain: Training Doctors in Ethiopia

Hecht and Peterson selected as finalists for 2013 Melville J. Herskovits Award

African Studies Center (ASC) celebrates its fifth year of promoting African Studies on campus and abroad.

Professor Moses Kizza Musaazi wins 2nd place in the Siemens 'Empowering People' international competition.

Emmanuel W. Ramde, 2010 University of Michigan African Presidential (UMAPS) Scholar, set to defend dissertation in Kumasi

Moses Nii-Dortey, 2008-09 University of Michigan African Presidential (UMAPS) Scholar, awarded PhD on August 29, 2013

The Power of a Math Conference in Africa

Announcing 2013-14 UMAPS Scholars

Funding Awarded for African Humanities

Dr. Oveta Fuller featured on podcast while in Zambia

U-M Regents Recognize Martha Jones, Assoc. Prof. of History, as one of six Thurnau Professors

MLibrary: Voice of America African Music Collection

African Health Open Educational Resources (OER) Network

U-M renews $1.8 million in funding for African Studies Center

Kelly Askew's film, "The Chairman and the Lions", one of only 24 films selected for prestigious Jean Rouch International Film Festival

Review of UMAPS Alumni, Sekepe (Daniel) Matjila's recent publication:

University of Michigan researcher earns Fulbright Scholar grant to study AIDS interventions in Africa

ASC Sponsors: Surviving Genocide: Stories of Horror and Hope in Rwanda

Susan Waltz, U-M Ford School professor monitored Tunisian Vote

UMMS Partners in Fogarty Grant for Postdoctoral training in....

PRESS RELEASE: VOA Ethnomusicologist Leo Sarkisian Retires at 91, Leaves Lasting

Elisha P. Renne awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

U-M funds sustainable water-quality projects in Ghana, Peru

U-M Project Seeks to Relieve Hunger in West Africa

U-M Research in Ethiopia: Pregnant primates miscarry when new male enters group

"Suprise Reunion" by William Foreman

U-M students help build sustainable community in rural Africa

EHELD Delegation Meets President Sirleaf

New USAID grant: Rebuilding Liberia's universities and infrastructure

Sudan Symposium

ASC 15th-Year Anniversary Conference

Keynote Speakers and Panelists

U-M Africa Week

ASC: The First Decade and Beyond

Schedule of Events

Student Poster Showcase

Keynote Speakers & Panelists Bios

Archived Events

UMAPS Research Colloquium

IPC Event. De Facto and De Jure Apartheid, A Failure in International Humanitarian Law? A 20 Year conversation on South Africa's Racialized Reconcilation

UMAPS Research Colloquium

UMAPS Research Colloquium

ASC Melon Workshop. “Writing History After E.P Thompson”

UMAPS Research Colloquium

UMAPS Colloquium: Africa History and Anthropology Workshop

UMAPS Research Colloquium

Exhibition: People Building Better Cities

ASC Fall Reception for the 2015-16 cohort of the UMAPS Program

Joining Theory and Empiricism in the Remaking of the African Humanities. Public Space, Infrastructure, and Informality in the Splintering City

Politics of Heritage Book Launch and Year-end Reception

Needs versus Aspirations, or Why Mobile Phone Apps to Save the World Rarely Work

On the University of Michigan, The Peace Corps, and the Enduring Bonds of Students and Teachers

U-M African Presidential Scholars Research Symposium II

AHAW. "Colonial Memory, Oral History and Political Conflict in Angola." and "Crinimal Customs: French West Africa's Dual Mineral Regime, 1980-1945"

AHAW. "The Lights and the Follies: sustainable African Watershed Ecologies in the Age of Climate Change."

AHAW Workshop. "HIV prevalence in religiously and ethnically diverse societies."

Archaeology and Heritage Workshop

UMAPS Scholar Symposium I

STEM-Africa Forum: USAID-PEER Info Session

HathiTrust at Michigan: A Special Briefing for UM Faculty, Staff and Students

African Studies in the Digital Age

ASC Fall Welcome Reception

Reception for Ambassador Tebelelo Seretse of Botswana

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Performing Division: The Gendered Politics of the 1959 Anti-Asian Buganda Boycott"

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Practicing Space: Embodied Memory and Social Reproduction in a Freetown Maternity Hospital"

AHAW Annual Conference. "Bodies and Technologies in Africa: Histories and Politics of Healing and Preservation"

"Crisis in South Sudan: Exploring the Role of Student Engagement in International Conflict"

Understanding Political Violence in 1994 Rwanda

U-M STEM-Africa Initiative Third Biennial Conference

2014 African Students Association Culture Show. "L'Afrique Magnifique"

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Contemplation Becomes Speculation"

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Changing Mobility Technologies and Environmental Change in Southeastern Tanzania"

ASC Social Hour w/ free food and music

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Dust People: Samburu Perspectives on Disaster, Identity, and Resilience"

UMAPS Research Symposium II

Africa History and Anthropology Workshop. "Negotiated Outcomes in Low-Resourced Courts: Tanzania's Land Tribunal System"

Heritage Production in Africa: An International Roundtable

UMAPS Research Symposium I

African Social Research Initiative (ASRI) Biannual Conference

African Studies Center Fall Reception

Radio Freedom, Songs of Freedom and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa, 1963-1991

Launch Reception: "Transforming Violence & Conflict into Hope & Innovation"

Conference: Conflict, Legitimacy and Authoritarian Rule

Advancing US-Africa STEM Collaborations

Call for Proposals - ASRI Seed Grant

Africa Workshop: “Remaking Space for Neoliberal Urbanism: Dispossession through Urban Renewal in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"

Annual Culture Show: Sounds of Africa

Africa Workshop: “Religion, Identity and Conflict: Dynamics of State Formation in 20th Century Angola"

Africa Workshop: "Foreign Aid in Dangerous Places: The Donors and Mali's Democracy

Energizing Africa's Emergence

U-M African Presidential Scholars Program Research Symposium II

Viewing of Exhibition, El Anatsui: When I last Wrote to you about Africa

World Cinema’ Versus Subjectivity: How to Read Tunde Kelani’s Abeni

UMAPS Research Symposium I of II

Film: The Chairman and the Lions

Silence & Translation: Speaking Nearby: Voices from Silence

Africa Workshop: The Spell that Fails Lacks an Essential Term: on the Nature of Curative Intent in Poetry

Status of Quality of Healthcare in East, Central and Southern Africa

Africa Workshop: Paper Truths and Ersatz Lives: Authenticity and Fakery in an African Transnational Visa Economy

Africa Workshop: Religion and Politics in Contemporary African Democracies

2012 Fall Reception

Africa Workshop: Understanding Globalization as a Determinant of African Health

On the University of Michigan, the Peace Corps, and the Enduring Bonds of Students and Teachers

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Documentary: La femme invisible (The Invisible Woman) & Film: Calypso at Dirty Jim's

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Documentary: Cuba: An African Odyssey

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Documentary: The Witches of Gambaga

University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Program Symposium

Birders of a Feather: Stories of People, Birds, and Other People in Africa

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Documentary: Les enfants du blanc (Children of the White Man)

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Film: Notre étrangère (The Place in Between)

Women Visualizing Africa Film Series | Documentary: Paris mon Paradis

Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum Development at Makerere University | Dr. Andrew State, current University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar

Capacity Development and the Pursuit of Democratic Governance in Africa: Why both Goals Remain Elusive?

Cultural and Spiritual Rediscovery | Exhibit Opening and Reception- George Kushiator

Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research in Africa and the Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges

Ethnicity, Conflict and Cooperation in Africa

Student Global Health Day: Health in a Post-Conflict Setting

Global Intellectual Property Policy, Access to Knowledge, and Development

New Media Social Change: Implications for Area Studies

9/11 and the Tragic Death of an Asante King: Comparative Perspectives

Headache, Trauma and Trepanning in Modern Western Kenya

“We Who Did Not Fight”: Male Non-combatants and The Reconstruction of Gender in Post-War Liberia”

African Studies Center Fall Reception

ACCESS, ACCOUNTABILITY & EQUALITY

ASC New Website Launch

African Social Research Initiative

The Management and Analysis of Data for Social Science and Other Research

Quantitative Research and R

Summer Scholars

ASRI Collaborative Faculty Seed Grant

African Heritage and Humanities Initiative

U-M/WiSER Collaboration

Historical and Contemporary Expressions of Populism in Africa and Beyond

Posdoctoral Fellowship Call for Application 2019-20

Call for Papers

The Filmic and the Photographic: African Visual Cultures

Decolonizing Sites of Culture in Africa and Beyond

Political Subjectivities and Popular Protest

Writing History After E.P Thompson

African Studies in the Digital Age

Theorizing from the South

Conferences and Workshops

AHHI Collaborative Faculty Seed Grant

University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) Program

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-Africa

Conferences and Workshops

STEM V: Innovation and Appropriate Technology in Africa

STEM IV: Africa-US Frontiers in Science

STEM III: Effective U.S. Strategies for African STEM Collaborations, Capacity Building, and Diaspora Engagement

STEM-Africa Collaborative Faculty Seed Grant

ASC-DAAS Sudarkasa Internship Grant

ASC-ISR Scholarships for ICPSR Summer School

Conference Travel Grants

FLAS Fellowships for Students

Kelly Askew Askew Language Study Scholarships

Lester P. Monts Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research on Africa

Seed Grants for ASC Associates

Support for Campus Events, Curriculum Enhancement, Partnerships, Public Outreach, Research

Support for Student Research and Internships in Africa

MIRS: African Studies Specialization

Student Organizations