CAAS - About The Center

The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan functions as an academic department in the areas of African Studies, African American Studies, and Afro-Caribbean Studies. One of the few programs in the country to combine African Studies with the study of the people and cultures of the African diaspora, it has its own undergraduate program, courses, and faculty and is also home to the South African Initiatives Office and the African Studies Initiative Program.

Established in 1970 in response to African American students who wanted to bring a richer representation of the Black experience to the University of Michigan course offerings, The Center offers a rich and fertile environment for the study of people of African descent using the methods of history, sociology, psychology, economics, political science, and the arts. To learn more, click on the topic headings on our homepage. To support CAAS and its many initiatives, please click here: LSA Campaign page.