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Learn how the simple farmer became a villain in French popular culture.
The European Studies program welcomes Rob McFarland in his new role as Heather Belnap concludes her tenure.
Professor Jim Law studies the evolution of French using Bible translations.
Gerardo Andres Juarez and Ally Huffmire utilize the College’s language program in their research.
BYU welcomes visitors from as far as Beijing for BYU’s annual China Conference, including Counselor Wang of the Chinese Embassy.
BYU speeches and forums now available in Japanese and Spanish—with more languages to come!
French senator Stéphane Demilly visits BYU to meet with the students who are translating his book from French to English.
Marc Olivier gives P. A. Christensen Lecture on incorporating educational play into teaching and research.
The French and Italian Clubs go head-to-head to prove who has the better food.
Albert Camus’ novel depicts the city of Oran, Algeria during a contemporary outbreak of the plague. While there are obvious parallels between the plague in the novel and the peste brune (the brown plague, a nickname for the Nazis who occupied France during World War 2), by transforming the threat into an act of nature, Camus shifts the focus from human cruelty to the many reactions to suffering: some pretend it doesn’t exist, some try to escape it, others accept it and try to alleviate pain.
The Arabic Flagship Center kicks off Ramadan with a feast!
Nobel Peace Prize–winning journalist Dimitry Muratov offers takeaways about propaganda from the war in Ukraine.