New chair Oliver Simons outlines his plans and discusses why the study of languages and literature is key today.

Claim: A proposal to make German the official language of the United States of America was defeated in Congress by one vote. Status: False. Origins: Legend has it that in 1795 a bill to establish ...

During World War I, federal agents raided the offices of the German-language newspaper, the Cincinnati Volkblatt, looking for ...

Paul North, a renowned scholar whose research spans the fields of critical theory, the history of philosophy, comparative literatures, and political economy, was recently appointed the Maurice ...