Seminar on the Literature of Esperanto

Esperanto sube Venue: University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Under the leadership of Ulrich Becker (poet and publisher), Duncan Charters (linguist), Humphrey Tonkin (critic), Tim Westover (author). *** Seminario pri la Literaturo de Esperanto Loko: Universitato de Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Saturday-Sunday, 26-27 February 2011. Under the leadership of …

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UN Series: Language and the United Nations

Church Center - NY 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, United States

  On May 1, 2012, at The Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza,  New York, the Universal Esperanto Association, in cooperation with the Center for Research and Documentation on the World Language Problems, and the scholarly journal Language Problems and Language Planning, organized a symposium on “Language and the United …

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Universal Esperanto Association seminar on United Nations and UNESCO

Esperanto sube Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam. The Universal Esperanto Association’s 97th World Congress of Esperanto in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 28 – August 4, 2012, was the setting for a seminar (conducted in Esperanto) on the work of the United Nations and UNESCO. The seminar, conducted by Humphrey Tonkin and Neil Blonstein, representatives …

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Nitobe Symposium 6 (Reykjavik, Iceland): Languages and Internationalization in Higher Education: Ideologies, Practices, Alternatives

The symposium consisted of papers, presentations and panel discussions by experts from across the world, with particular emphasis on the Nordic countries and on languages of instruction in higher education. The topic was linked particularly to the publication of the book edited by Anna Kristina Hultgren, Frans Gregersen, and Jacob …

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UN Series: Language and Equality

Church Center - NY 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, United States

In cooperation with the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems and the University of Hartford, the Study Group on Language and the United Nations organized a symposium on language and equality on April 29th, 2014, at the Church Center in New York. The symposium, chaired by former ESF …

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UN Series: Language and Exclusion

Church Center - NY 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, United States

A group of experts from a dozen countries attended the May 7, 2015, Symposium on Language and Exclusion organized by the Universal Esperanto Association and the Study Group on Language and the United Nations. The symposium took place at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York.  Papers presented …

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UN Series: Language and the Sustainable Development Goals

  Conclusions Language and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was the topic of a symposium held at the Church Center for the United Nations, in New York, on April 21 and 22, 2016. Over one hundred academics, diplomats, NGO representatives and UN officials attended the gathering, which examined the linguistic implications …

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Anton Ginzburg. Blue Flame: Constructions and Initiatives

Art Exhibit at Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Anton Ginzburg “employs Esperanto – a language devised as an international medium of communication – to guide the viewer through each chapter of this “fictionalized non-fiction.” Exhibit Open: December 3, 2016 – February 5, 2017. Opening Reception: Saturday, December 3.  For more information: here

Soros Series: Tivadar Soros and the International Language Esperanto

CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States

INTRODUCTION: Tivadar Soros: Writer, Survivor, Internationalist, by Humphrey Tonkin As an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, Tivadar Soros spent most of World War I in prison camp in Siberia. As a Hungarian Jew he spent World War II working to assure the survival of his family. He wrote about these experiences …

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