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This December, an IC lecture explored female wrestling in Mexico—and the resilience of women facing violence in a machismo culture.
Is religion a narcotic or a medicine? Joey Franklin’s answer inspired an art piece that explores faith, art, and religion’s role in our lives.
Professor Elliott Wise studies religious symbolism in art to strengthen his testimony of Christ.
When it comes to language restoration, play does the real work.
BYU’s writing courses shape the next generation of writers—and peacemakers.
Although we all have such different experiences in life, there may be one that we all share: having a body.
Short story dispensers around the world just gained three new award-winning stories—and one of the authors is a BYU student.
For decades, author Jorge Luis Borges’s personal notebooks remained hidden—until a team of BYU students, led by Emron Esplin, began transcribing them.
Cantonese may have originated in Canton, China, but to find its earliest form, you have to go to Vietnam—here’s why.
Today, female authors can have successful literary careers, but not many women in the past could. Professor Anna-Lisa Halling has found a way to change that.
Bruce Graver gave a comprehensive tour of the Wye Valley during his lecture at the Humanities Center—all without leaving BYU’s campus.
Strength can be found in numbers, but more importantly, it can be found in community—especially when it comes to language preservation.