Center Directors

Kwasi Ampene

Director, Center for World Performance Studies
Associate Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies
Associate Professor, School of Music, Theatre and Dance

ampene@umich.edu
Christi-Anne Castro

Associate Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Department of Musicology

734.764.0352 / ccastro@umich.edu
William Clark

Director, Program in International and Comparative Studies
Professor of Political Science

wrclark@umich.edu
Joshua H. Cole

Director, Center for European Studies
Associate Professor of History 1640 Haven Hall

734.647.2743 / joshcole@umich.edu
Juan Cole

Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History 2527 Haven Hall

734.763.4207 / jrcole@umich.edu
San Duanmu

Interim Director, Center for Chinese Studies

734.647.2154 / duanmu@umich.edu
Anna Grzymala-Busse

Director, Weiser Centers for Emerging Democracies and Europe & Eurasia
Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies 7751 Haven Hall
734.763.4699

734.764.3463 / abusse@umich.edu
Allen Hicken

Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science

734.764.0352 / ahicken@umich.edu
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof

Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Associate Professor of American Culture and History Room 2620, School of Social Work Building

734.763.0553 / jessehg@umich.edu
Nojin Kwak

Director, Nam Center for Korean Studies
Associate Professor, Communication Studies 5441 North Quad

734.647-9857 / kwak@umich.edu
Olga Maiorova

Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Associate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures, History 3040 MLB

734.764.0351 / maiorova@umich.edu
Derek Peterson

Interim Director, African Studies Center
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies 1634 Haven Hall

734.615.9558 / drpeters@umich.edu
Leslie Pincus

Interim Director, Center for Japanese Studies
Associate Professor 1707 Haven Hall

734.764.6381 / lpincus@umich.edu
Wang Zheng

CCS Associate Director
Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies, LSA
Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender 2156 Lane Hall

734.763.6635 / wangzhen@umich.edu

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Center Directors

Director, Center for World Performance StudiesAssociate Professor, Afroamerican and African StudiesAssociate Professor, School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Associate Director, Center for Southeast Asian StudiesAssociate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Department of Musicology

734.764.0352 / ccastro@umich.edu

Director, Program in International and Comparative StudiesProfessor of Political Science

Director, Center for European StudiesAssociate Professor of History 1640 Haven Hall

734.647.2743 / joshcole@umich.edu

Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African StudiesProfessor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History 2527 Haven Hall

734.763.4207 / jrcole@umich.edu

Interim Director, Center for Chinese Studies

734.647.2154 / duanmu@umich.edu

Director, Weiser Centers for Emerging Democracies and Europe & EurasiaRonald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies 7751 Haven Hall734.763.4699

734.764.3463 / abusse@umich.edu

Director, Center for Southeast Asian StudiesAssociate Professor of Political Science

734.764.0352 / ahicken@umich.edu

Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean StudiesAssociate Professor of American Culture and History Room 2620, School of Social Work Building

734.763.0553 / jessehg@umich.edu

Director, Nam Center for Korean StudiesAssociate Professor, Communication Studies 5441 North Quad

734.647-9857 / kwak@umich.edu

Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian StudiesAssociate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures, History 3040 MLB

734.764.0351 / maiorova@umich.edu

Interim Director, African Studies CenterAssociate Professor of HistoryAssociate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies 1634 Haven Hall

734.615.9558 / drpeters@umich.edu

Interim Director, Center for Japanese StudiesAssociate Professor 1707 Haven Hall

734.764.6381 / lpincus@umich.edu

CCS Associate Director Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies, LSA Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender 2156 Lane Hall

734.763.6635 / wangzhen@umich.edu

About Us

Director, Center for World Performance Studies
Associate Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies
Associate Professor, School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Associate Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology, Department of Musicology

Director, Program in International and Comparative Studies
Professor of Political Science

Director, Center for European Studies
Associate Professor of History 1640 Haven Hall

Director, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History 2527 Haven Hall

Director, Weiser Centers for Emerging Democracies and Europe & Eurasia
Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies 7751 Haven Hall
734.763.4699

Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Associate Professor of Political Science

Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Associate Professor of American Culture and History Room 2620, School of Social Work Building

Director, Nam Center for Korean Studies
Associate Professor, Communication Studies 5441 North Quad

Director, Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies
Associate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures, History 3040 MLB

Interim Director, African Studies Center
Associate Professor of History
Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies 1634 Haven Hall

Interim Director, Center for Japanese Studies
Associate Professor 1707 Haven Hall

CCS Associate Director
Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies, LSA
Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Research on Women and Gender 2156 Lane Hall