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Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS)
Recent News
Graduating Seniors: Actor and Changemaker Sophia Lane
How one U-M student expanded her worldview and united the performing arts with the liberal arts to create a purposeful path toward justice.
There Is Joy in the Woods
Students transform the Arb into an art exhibit, guiding visitors with poetry and connection, and reminding us that “the earth is a living thing.”

Events
Oct
16
Professors Erik Mueggler, Anne Pitcher, and Silke Weineck, Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture
LSA Collegiate Lecture Series
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Nov
06
DISCO Network Presents - Diaspora Wars and Going 50/50: Sowing Disunity in Black Communities Through Digital Propaganda
Brooklyne Gipson and Jamilah Lemieux in conversation with Catherine Knight Steele (additional speakers coming soon)
4:00 PM
2435
North Quad
Jan
29
DISCO Network Presents: Black Boys and the Future of Technology
Jonathan Cropper, Kareem Edouard, and John Pasmore in conversation with Rayvon Fouché
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall