Languages rise and fall with history, in nations and university language departments alike. In 1980, when Roman Koropeckyj stepped into his classroom at Harvard to teach Polish, he was "gobsmacked" by ...
Duolingo shared a spike in their users' interest in learning Ukrainian and shares some history alongside helpful tips for learning the language. Duolingo recently reported a 200% increase in users ...
The complex language history of Russia and Ukraine long ago set the stage for today’s conflict between the two countries. In an impassioned speech to the Russian parliament in March 2014, Russia’s ...
South Africa’s culture is so diverse and rich in its artistic expressions that there can be no better reason than to dedicate a special day, or even the entire month of September, to celebrating ...
Thursday, February 24, 2022, marks a tragic date in world history: that of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This Russian-Ukrainian conflict had already been brewing since November 2013 but finally ...
This column is about language, not foreign affairs. But language is culture. It offers a way to form bonds with people from other lands. When a peaceful country is fighting for its survival, when ...