Inspired by medieval monks, Dr Aaron Ralby began building “memory palaces” to learn new languages in the way monks used to learn scripture. He's now developed this technique into an online service, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lisa Robertson, an internationally renowned Canadian poet, feminist and essayist, will be the featured speaker for the University at Buffalo’s third annual Robert Creeley Lecture on ...

Pardon my English: our francophone ancestors could teach us a thing or two about language learning in the 21st century (gallica.bnf.fr) Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded ...

Analysis: from útluighe to bánbiad, the rediscovered words demonstrate the quirky and colourful language of medieval Irish. In contrast, new additions to a dictionary of medieval language are not ...

Join us for the 2025 Loew Lecture with Lynn Ramey, Professor of French at Vanderbilt and Jake Abell, Assistant Professor of French at Baylor. The title of their lecture is Brendan's Voyage: New ...

At university I had a lecturer of medieval language and literature who was so wonderfully idiosyncratic that you will no doubt suspect I have made him up. His name was Alaric. He recited Beowulf from ...

Learn about the journey of the Greek language from its ancient origins to the vernacular of modern Greece through the lens of Middle Greek.