Hans Aarsleff, a professor of English and renowned scholar of the history of the study of language, died July 1. He was 100.

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The play, written for Utah audiences, takes place in France and grapples with questions of faith and identity.

Fiction provides it's own kind of travel — right from your couch. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish writer Tana French about her books and others' writing that immerse readers in Ireland.

This one is a bit more ambitious—if you’re an experienced yogi, a headstand is a particularly useful pose for lymphatic ...

America and France’s national holidays have increasingly become arenas in which competing groups contest who truly belongs at ...

Two revolutions, two republics and the enduring power of national myths and civic festivities come to the fore in July as France and the US both celebrate national holidays.

Learning another language is one of the deepest and most human things one can possibly do, writes Douglas Hofstadter.

In an Exclusive conversation, CJP founder Abhijit Dipke opens up on the movement's funding, growing public support, criticism, future political plans, and the road ahead after the demand for Union ...

A brutal 40°C (104°F) heatwave in Europe has triggered an unexpected transatlantic war of words. After American tourists and social media users mocked France for its lack of widespread air ...