Freedom, as it has historically been understood in the English-speaking world, includes as fundamental assumptions a cultural norm of individualism and a government that does not attempt to assume the ...

This summer, I visited New York City for the first time. As a former resident of the Big Apple, my father was my designated tour guide. He immigrated from Algeria to the United States in 1995, when he ...

Somalia’s name is once again in the spotlight, attracting attention for both positive and negative reasons, while trending ...

Using a mathematical model, researchers have shed new light on the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming societies. Rather than focusing exclusively on external factors, they looked at internal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: I rarely agree with contributing writer Josh Hammer’s op-eds. That said, I agree with him about ...

Works to help readers parse the differences between cultural assimilation and political domestication. The word Sinicization usually means assimilation into Chinese culture, particularly the language, ...

In 1975, a largely unknown 23-year-old actor named Carol Kane starred in Joan Micklin Silver’s film Hester Street as Gitl, an Eastern European Jewish immigrant in Manhattan’s Lower East Side around ...

Theater Wit, in collaboration with the Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies at Northwestern and Northlight Theatre, will host CityTalk: A Series of Conversations on Assimilation, Antisemitism and ...

Acculturation is a key concept in understanding how cultural context shapes individuals and communities. Berry (1997) describes acculturation as the process of cultural and psychological change that ...

The primary goal of Zhongguo hua is not cultural assimilation but political domestication. Yet I’m more confident than ever that house churches will survive. December was the most challenging yet most ...

In today’s fast-paced, interconnected world, cultural diversity is a precious asset to be celebrated and cherished. For Yoruba parents living in the diaspora, preserving their cultural heritage, ...