Protecting or persecuting the French language? The unpleasant underbelly of France’s linguistic watchdog, L’académie française
From regional language policy, écriture inclusive, to linguistic evolution and xenophobia, European staff writer Chiara Lewis offers an eloquent and probing critique of the famed Académie Française.
Russkiy Yazyk, Eesti Keel: Speaking Russian in Estonia
In this intriguing investigation, European Staff Writer Faith Martin probes the Estonian struggle with the Russian language. Her linguistic musings take us from a bar in Talinn, down the cobbled streets and towards the Russian border.
Start them young: in France, the pressure for bilingualism begins at birth
Staff Writer Isabelle Watts recounts life as an English-speaking au pair in France, and explores the wide-ranging effects of cross-Channel attitudes to bilingualism.
Im Westen nichts Neues: in Kriegsfilmen nichts Neues?
In this German language article, German Editor Freya Swinburne reviews Edward Berger’s highly acclaimed ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.’ In her broad analysis of this cinematic spectacle, she explores the extent to which the film fits the war film formula, and its significance for modern German culture.
Unanswered Questions of German Culture I - Why are Foreign Films Still Dubbed for the German Viewer?
With a high level of English-proficiency in Germany, Miranda Stephenson explores why the costly process of dubbing foreign films is still in practice.
This is a love story
Clementine Lussiana explores the shifting nature of her relationship with Portugal.
Suppressed Spaces - The Intricacies of Cypriot Language and Culture
“The Cypriot language and Cypriot culture have been created in suppressed spaces, under the pressure of foreign powers … “ . A thought-provoking exploration of identity and language in Cyprus, an often overlooked country of the MEA region, by Ilaeira Leto Agrotou Georgiou.