Welcome to Center for African Studies
The Center for African Studies is in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Florida. As a National Resource Center for African Studies, our mission is to promote excellence in teaching and research on Africa in all the disciplines at the University of Florida. The Center also disseminates knowledge about Africa to the wider community through an integrated outreach program to schools, colleges, community groups, and businesses. Central to this mission is sustaining contacts and expanding interactive linkages with individuals and institutions on the African continent. In addition to undergraduate education, the Center promotes and supports graduate studies as essential for the development of a continuing community of Africanist scholars.
Recent News
- The Carter Conference
February 23, 2017
For over 25 years the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida has organized annual lectures or a ... - UF CAS @ Oak Hall School International Festival
February 13, 2017
On Saturday January 28th, 2017, the African Student Union at UF represented the Center for African Studies at the International ... - Awards and Publications Week of February 13, 2017
February 13, 2017
Oumar Ba (PhD, Political Science) successfully defended his dissertation, “Outsourcing Justice: Africa and the Politics of the International Criminal Court.” Terje Ostebo, ... - Op-Ed Written by Rene Lemarchand Published in Gainesville Sun
February 6, 2017
Rene Lemarchand, Emeritus Professor of Political Science and African Studies, wrote an op-ed in the Gainesville Sun, printed in Sunday’s ... - CAS Welcomes Visiting Scholars from University of Dar es Salaam
January 30, 2017
Please join us in welcoming Paschal Charles Mdukula and Paul Japhet, two Visiting Scholars from Tanzania attached to the UF Center for African ...