The Phenomenon of Esperanto is the title of a special issue of the journal Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems (INDECS), published recently in Croatia. The collection, edited by Professor Humphrey Tonkin and Dr. Veronika Poór, is issue 2 of volume 13 of INDECS (2015). The collection is in English with …
A quite extraordinary Esperanto course took place this year in New York City. 12 outstanding students from the City University of New York (CUNY), Macaulay Honors College (where the top 0.33% of the university’s students study) took part in a 10-day direct method Esperanto course in May and June 2015. …
Two new books, published with ESF support, debuted this year during the World Esperanto Congress in Lille, France: UEA en konscio de esperantistoj (“The World Esperanto Association in the consciousness of Esperantists”) by Zbigniew Galor and JukkaPietiläinen, and Gvidlibro tra Esperantio (konciza leksikono de la Esperanto-kulturo: esperantonimoj, realioj kaj flugilhavaj …
Two new books, published with ESF support, debuted this year during the World Esperanto Congress in Lille, France: UEA en konscio de esperantistoj (“The World Esperanto Association in the consciousness of Esperantists”) by Zbigniew Galor and JukkaPietiläinen, and Gvidlibro tra Esperantio (konciza leksikono de la Esperanto-kulturo: esperantonimoj, realioj kaj flugilhavaj …
In 2015 NASK returns to William Peace University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it joins forces with the Esperanto Performing Arts and Film Festival (Kino-Teatro-Festivalo: KTF) to deliver an exceptional event and possibly the most talked-about NASK in the history of the courses! The North American Summer Institute (Nord-Amerika Somera …
The Study Group on Language at the United Nations, in cooperation with the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, invites you to contribute to a symposium on “language and exclusion” on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the Church Center (777 United Nations Plaza) from 9:15 a.m. to …
Happy Holidays from ESF! In this beautiful season of year-end celebrations, we here at ESF and Lernu.net send our warmest greetings and wish you and your family a happy and hope-filled 2015. We also thank all of you who donated to ESF and Lernu.net for your generous and faithful support, …
Year-end greetings from ESF In the closing moments of the year we tend to pause and look back, reflect upon the events of the year. Therefore, looking back over ESF’s activity in 2013, we wish to share a few notable events: Changes in the ESF Board New president Having served …
Thank you! “It’s because of ESF that L.L. Zamenhof’s dream continues to inspire the hopeful, but it’s because of Lernu.net that the hopeful are finding their way.” These are the words of an ESF donor, James Bulls from Canada. And he’s right. For ten years already, tens of thousands of …
The Universal Language: now on DVD! New documentary on the history of Esperanto by Academy-award nominated director Sam Green available on DVD The Universal Language, produced with the financial support of Esperantic Studies Foundation, charts the tumultuous history and humanistic ideals behind Esperanto. Drawing on archival footage and interviews with …
