Berkley Center

When President Obama visited Senegal in June 2013, it’s rumored that he stepped off Air Force One and said, "Ñoo far," which means “we are together” in Wolof. Whether or not this account is actually true, the pride and warmth with which my host…

If you travel to Spain, especially to the southern part of the country, you will hear extensively about the Moors, a term used to describe the Muslim inhabitants of Spain during the Middle Ages. The Moors first entered the Iberian Peninsula in 711 CE…

Though I haven't seen the sun in almost two weeks, my vision of Russian life grows increasingly clear. My classes have inched away from Russia’s dissociated imperial history and are now discussing events much closer to the twentieth century. I've…