Supported Programs

Center People Location & Email
African Studies Initiative Director: Rachel Schurman
Assistant Director: Awa Saidy
272 Social Sciences Building
asi@umn.edu
Center for Austrian Studies Director: Howard Louthan
Assistant Director: Meyer Weinshel
314 Social Sciences Building
casahy@umn.edu
Asian-American Studies Director: Rich Lee
Program and Outreach Coordinator: Huab Xiong
782 Social Sciences Building
aast@umn.edu
Finnish Studies
Government of Finland/
David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professors in Finnish Studies
Director: Evelyn Davidheiser 214 Social Sciences Building
edavidh@umn.edu
 
Center for German and European Studies Director: Henning Schroeder 
Coordinator: Jennifer Ashley
309 Social Sciences Building
cges@umn.edu
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Acting Director: Joseph Eggers 214 Social Sciences Building
chgs@umn.edu
Human Rights Program Director: Carrie Walling
Coordinator: Madeline Christensen
214 Social Sciences Building
hrp@umn.edu
Immigration History Research Center Interim Director: Michele Waslin
 
311 Andersen Library
ihrc@umn.edu
Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender and Sexuality Studies Initiative (RIDGS) Director: Keith Mayes
Coordinator: Coby Oertel
214 Social Sciences Building
Center for Premodern Studies Director: Juliette Cherbuliez
Associate Director: Lydia Garver
1030 Heller Hall
premod@umn.edu
Center for Asian Studies Director: Vinay Gidwani
Coordinator: Klaas van der Sanden
214 Social Sciences Building
asias@umn.edu