Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

In this short essay, Walter Metz uses a graduation speech by David Foster Wallace to analyze the water imagery in the new Gus ...

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On June 20, 2020, the town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, reached a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ...

Nancy Wood said goodbye to family and friends on June 10, 2025.  Born on April 14, 1928, in Fall River, she was the daughter of Leroy and Ruth Wood. Nancy grew up in Tiverton, R.I., where she spent an ...

The Gulf War established the template for how modern conflicts create investment opportunities. Markets fell 18% in anticipation of a prolonged, costly conflict, yet once fighting began and quick ...

An increasingly small proportion of each country’s population was alive during some of the most seminal moments in ...

Eisenhüttenstadt, around 60 miles from Berlin, is accepting applications for the program — which will run from Sept. 6 to 20 — until the beginning of July.

This program is part of the Bates curriculum. The Fall Semester in Berlin provides students with four Bates credits and a complete General Education Concentration (GEC). About the Program The program ...

On this three-hour Berlin Nazi History Tour, led by a history expert, we will explore the years between 1933 and 1945 when Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist ...