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March 12, 2025
The Association of African Studies Programs: 2025 Annual Meeting
Hale Black Cultural Center, Ohio State University
March 13, 2025
The Association of African Studies Programs: 2025 Annual Meeting
Hale Black Cultural Center, Ohio State University
Recent News
CAS Hosts U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers.
22 February 2025
CAS, in collaboration with CIBER (Dominic DiCamillo and Emily Salopeck), hosted the first of several CAS-CIBER Africa seminars to train U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldiers from…
CAS Hosts Ohio State Representative Ismail Mohamed (Dist. 3)
20 November, 2024
CAS, Rita Koryan, and Maureen Miller hosted Ohio State House Representative Ismail Mohamed (District 3) to speak about his journey from Somalia to Columbus, and to the Ohio…
China-Africa Symposium: New Perspectives on China and Africa
15 November 2024
The September 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation turned the world’s attention to the strategic connections between China and African nations. This forum, which was held…
African @ Noon Featuring Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika!
22 January 2025
On January 22, CAS held its first 2025 Africa at Noon lecture featuring Dr. Thelela Ngcetane-Vika at the Hale Black Cultural Center. Her lecture was entitled “The South…
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African American & African Studies Librarian and the Comparative Studies Librarian