Courtesy of Britain’s Enlightenment and its “moral philosophers,” the religious virtue of compassion has become a secular one, and a private duty has become a public responsibility, writes Gertrude ...

Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the “Europe At Large” column. STRASBOURG — Is France still the homeland of human rights, or is it becoming a country in which racist bigots are ...

The appropriation of elements of medieval culture – has a long history: every century since the sixteenth has remade the Middle Ages in its own image. But different generations look back to the ...

The Nice attack, claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), touched the world. Statements following the massacre spoke of France as the country of enlightenment. This captivating country ...

In concert with the theme of the 2023 NeMLA annual convention, “Resilience,” this panel will consider in what forms sustainability and resilience (broadly conceived) appear in the literature and ...

An homage to Samuel Paty, a teacher murdered after showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo | Bertrand Guay/ AFP A French high school teacher who had shown ...

(See Cover) During the Commune, a fellow who was arrested cried: “But I have never dabbled in politics.” “Precisely.” And his head was broken. —Malraux’s The Conquerors On a hot July day in 1789, a ...

FRANCE: Tensions between the Muslim East and Christian West prompted a major exhibit on the Enlightenment in Paris, writes Lara… FRANCE: Tensions between the Muslim East and Christian West prompted a ...