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CAS-UI and PAS-NU Consortium Receive Title VI Awards
This September the Center for African Studies was awarded a Title VI federal grant. Read more about our new consortium with Northwestern University's Program for African Studies.
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Faculty Awards, Honors, and Recent Publications
Find out about the awards and publications of CAS-affiliated faculty
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Meet the current M.A. students at the Center for African Studies
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Inspire in Africa Julia Bello-Bravo, Assistant Director, Center for African Studies; Co-Director, SAWBO
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Ebola in West Africa Gregory Damhorst, doctoral student, Medical Scholars Program; Student Director of the Global Health Initiative
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SILMW 2014 Ercan Balci, Director of the Less Commonly Taught Languages Program
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Global Africa Community Forum: What Does Black Masculinity Look Like? Blackness, Gender, and Contemporary African Dance Allyson Purpura, Curator Krannert Art Museum
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Whats in a Name? Exhibit curated by the International and Area Studies Library, September, 2014
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Highlights from African Student Organizations
Read about the different African student organizations that are on the University of Illinois campus
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Student Fieldwork Experiences
Graduate students affiliated with the Center for African Studies reflect on their fieldwork experiences.
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Alumni from the Center for African Studies share where they are today