Posts in category Divers

Tomorrow, Americans everywhere will be celebrating Independence Day. It’s the perfect occasion to take a moment and remember that this «young» republic, the world’s oldest, …

Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 10) Perhaps because of their numbers, the French Canadians were always more politically assertive than either the …

Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch. 10) To resist assimilation, French Canadians and Acadians developed diverse, sometimes wacky forms of la vie associative, …

On June 20th, Argentines commemorate the bicentennial of their sky-blue-and-white flag, which was designed by Manuel Belgrano, one of the liberators of Argentina during the …

It was 62 years ago today that the general Charles De Gaulle initiated the French Resistance with his famous Appeal of June 18th, in 1940. …

A polyglot is one who is able to speak or write several different languages. The Polyglot Club is a place where one gets to practice …

In this interesting article from the Times Literary Supplement, Tom Shippey reviews two books about the origins of the English language. The History of English …

Excerpt taken from the book The Story of French (Ch.9) The heritage of French colonialism is complex, and nowhere more so than where language is concerned. We …

In what city was the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) developed, an agency that currently represents a network of 774 establishments covering all continents …

The American astrophysicist Trinh Xuan Thuan has been awarded the prestigious Cino del Duca World prize for 2012 from the Simone and Cino del Duca …