ASI Fall Lecture and Open House

The UGA African Studies Institute, in conjunction with the Georgia University System African Council (USAC), will hold its 2015 Fall Lecture at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in the UGA Special Collections Library.

The lecture, "The Role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights," will be delivered by past preseident of the USAC, Saba Jallow, professor of political science at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Jallow will provide an historical synopsis of the African Union (AU) and its evolution under the Charter of the Organization for African Unity and the Constitutive Act of the African Union.

A reception will follow at the ASI Open House in the Institute, located in 201 of the Hunter-Holmes Academic Building. Both events are free and the public is invited to attend. 

The African Studies Institute is one of UGA's most important interdisciplinary programs:

The Institute provides benefits to students, faculty and staff encompassing the humanities, social sciences, physical, biological and agricultural sciences, as well as those from our professional schools, such as business, education, law, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, public health and environmental design. We provide classroom and practical experience and thoughtful discourse to students, undergraduates and graduates. We engage in original, collaborative research among faculty, and we encourage and support outreach/service learning opportunities for all with respect to Africa. The Institute's core and affiliate faculty and staff members are housed in various departments of Franklin College and the University's colleges and schools of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Education, Environmental and Design, Forestry and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Journalism and Mass Communication, Social Work, Business, and Public and International Affairs.

The African Studies Institute offers an undergraduate Certificate in African Studies and an undergraduate Minor in African Studies.