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Recent News
ASC Joins Detroit Cultural Center Association (DCCA) Educators Night
The event aims to expand opportunities for collaboration among colleges, universities, groups, organizations, and educators across Michigan.
Wallenberg Medal Recipient Guerline Jozef Discusses Migration and Human Rights with ASC Scholars
UMAPS and MIDAS scholars joined ASC staff for a conversation with Guerline Josef on Black migration, belonging, and human rights.
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
Featured
Nov
06
The Care, Repatriation, & Restitution of African Cultural Property
10:00 AM
Off Campus Location
Upcoming
Oct
27
DAAS Africa Workshop
Film screening of The Waste Commons Documentary and Q&A with Director Rosalind Fredericks
4:00 PM
4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room)
Haven Hall
Oct
29
ASC Film Screening & Panel | Nigeria’s 2027 Elections and the Future of Democracy in Africa
Ose Oyamendan, Nigerian-American filmmaker and journalist; Omolade Adunbi, U-M; Adrian Deese, U-M; Ji Yeon (Jean) Hong, U-M
3:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
04
ASC Fall 2026 Research Colloquium Series: Health, Education, and Public Service in Africa
Bernadette Agbavor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Simangele Mashazi, Stellenbosch University; Jean Baptiste Mushimiyimana, University of Rwanda
3:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
Nov
11
ASC Fall 2026 Research Colloquium Series: Identity, Memory, and Institutional Systems in Africa
Edwina D. Ashie-Niko, University of Ghana; Calumet Links (Moody Scholar), Stellenbosch University; Nada Aboelfadl (Fulbright Scholar), Helwan University
3:00 PM
1010
Weiser Hall
