Supported Programs

Center	People	Location & Email
African Studies Initiative	Director: Associate 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: Maiv Muas 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: Jimmy Patiño Coordinator: Coby Oertel	214 Social Sciences Building
Center for Premodern Studies	Director: Michelle Hamilton Associate Director: Lydia Garver	1030 Heller Hall premod@umn.edu
Religious Studies Program	Director: Katharine Gerbner Associate Director: Nathanael Homewood	248 Social Sciences Building rels@umn.edu
Center for Asian Studies	Director: Vinay Gidwani Coordinator: Klaas van der Sanden	214 Social Sciences Building asias@umn.edu