When Dalila Belaza arrives in Battambang on a Wednesday afternoon, she spends the entire day leading workshops with young ...

The Fox River Valley Library District will present Irish musician Sean Cleland in a free concert at 7 p.m. Monday, March 16, at the Brix on the Fox, 260 Washington St., Carpentersville.

“We are addressing these really huge questions about revolution and violence and about bravery and courage,” said Carolyn Wright, co-director of “The Revolutionists, which opens Feb. 6 at the Maui ...

Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the ...

Anne Hultzsch, your research topic is rather unknown. How did you come up with it? The idea came partly from my teaching experience and a certain frustration with the canon of architectural literature ...

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of women in shaping discourses of gender equality during the French Revolution (1789-1794), situating their activism within the intellectual framework of the ...

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of women in shaping discourses of gender equality during the French Revolution (1789-1794), situating their activism within the intellectual framework of the ...

Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...

Synopsis: Locked up in her cell at the Conciergerie shortly before her trial, Olympe de Gouges confided in Fabien, her jailer, before being taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal presided over by ...

Olympe de Gouges pursued her literary career with new publications: plays, novels and essays. She confirmed her commitment to denouncing slavery by publishing her Réflexions sur les hommes nègres ...

A golden statue of campaigning lawyer Gisèle Halimi now stands proudly in the northern Paris neighbourhood. Halimi, who was born in Tunisia and died five years ago at the age of 93, gained national ...