Due to its colonial past with France, Togo adopted French as its official language in 1960, a fact enshrined in Article 3 of the country's constitution. But what place does French now have in Togo’s ...

A language is an inescapable tool for communication and, words are one of the tools of expression. Even if it is impossible to dissociate language and culture, it is possible, even though difficult, ...

Ideally everyone should have an opportunity to study abroad. For a student of French & Francophone Studies, living, studying, and working in a French-speaking country is a transformative experience.

Every year on 20 March, the Francophone world celebrates the International Day of La Francophonie, which is also French Language Day at the United Nations. This date marks the birth of the ...

From the start of his first term as France’s president in 2017, Emmanuel Macron made the relaunching of French as a world language his prime cultural project. For some three centuries, the status of ...

The Department of World Languages and Literatures offers a minor, major, dual degrees and a master's degree with specialization in French. These degrees provide students with French language skills, ...