A cornerstone of global citizenship, proficiency in a world language is essential for effective communication, cooperation and collaboration among people of different cultures. The process of learning ...

Berlin’s grand House of World Cultures has always had a bureaucratic feeling to it. Besides its Modernist stone walls and wide polished steps—of the sort seen in concert venues—its logic is rather ...

From singing competitions to food preferences, scientists are learning whales have cultural differences once thought to be unique to humans. WHALE CULTURENearly 2,000 belugas frolic each summer near ...

Students, tourists and residents alike were given the chance to travel the world this weekend without ever having to leave Washington, D.C. Over 17,000 people performed at the National Mall during the ...

If you've never been to the UCLA Fowler Museum, you're missing out. This small gem of a museum brings the world's folk art treasures to our doorstep. The current show, Intersections: World Arts, Local ...

Manoj Jain is an infectious disease physician who served as chief medical adviser to the mayor of Memphis on COVID-19. Imagine an Olympic-sized event celebrating cultural diversity, inclusiveness, and ...

The inaugural World Culture Film Festival in Los Angeles has found itself impacted by a dangerous storm half a world away. Typhoon Gaemi, with top winds speeds equaling a category 3 hurricane, lashed ...

Fischer came under scrutiny when it was made public that a member of the museum’s staff had allegedly stolen some 1,500 items from the British Museum’s collection of Greek and Roman antiquities. The ...