Collaborate & celebrate
At the Center for African Studies
We work collaboratively with our constituents to investigate, narrate and celebrate global African life and cultures.
- On February 21, 2024, for this Black History Month, Professor Robin D. G. Kelley, through his lecture, provided an Africana studies perspective on the Gaza-Israel war and explored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in relation to this issue, with the goal of raising awareness. Dr. Robin D.G.... Read full story "Gaza: What Would MLK Do?"
- CAS is delighted to announce that two UIUC undergraduate students, Emily Brooks, and Nina Stepaniants, have been awarded tuition scholarships for 2023-24. These scholarships are possible through the generous support of UIUC alumnus Ambassador Eric Whitaker, and... Read full story 2023-24 Ambassador Eric Whitaker Scholarship Awards in African Studies
- Dr. Charles Fogelman, Teaching Assistant Professor in the LAS Global Studies Program, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad grant to spend six months conducting qualitative research in Lesotho, from June until December 2023. Dr. Fogelman's project... Read full story Dr. Charles Fogelman Receives Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Grant
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Preparing the next generation of students in the new global age
The Center works with other units to promote the study of Africa as widely as possible. Such efforts include arranging visiting appointments for scholars on Africa, providing for visiting lectures, mentoring students, developing teaching aids, and organizing seminars, conferences, and symposia where people can exchange ideas. Browse our library of signature talks.
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Explore our graduate programs
The graduate program in African Studies includes a two-year master's program, a joint MA in African Studies and an MS in Library Information Science, as well as a graduate minor open to all master and doctoral students. The program exposes students to many facets of Africa and to many ways of looking at various issues relating to the continent from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Global Impact
The Center for African Studies is part of the Illinois Global Institute (IGI), which was established in 2019 as the home of the university’s area and global studies centers and thematic programs.