Course at UC Santa Cruz, Linguistics Department: Invented Languages, from Elvish to Esperanto
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Soros Series: The Einstein Language: Finding and Losing Gloro
CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Michael Gordin Max Talmey was one of the most persistent artificers of "model languages" in the early twentieth century, fashioning his final creation, "Gloro", in part to enable better comprehension of Albert Einstein's physics. The linkages between Einstein and Talmey illuminate surprising aspects of the revolutions in physics and …
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Soros Series: Conversations in the Socialist Future: Esperantist Delegations to the Early Soviet Union
CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Brigid O’Keeffe In the 1920s, the Soviet Union welcomed foreign Esperantists to visit the socialist future-in-the-making. As grateful tourists, these guests were expected to spread the good word about Soviet socialism in Esperanto and their national languages. This lecture explores the triumphs and disappointments of this Soviet experiment in Esperantist …
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Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language
With Esther Schor, professor of English at Princeton University, and Sam Green, documentary filmmaker and director of “The Universal Language.” Mid-Manhattan Library, NYC. For more information: here
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Speciala elfaro de Esperanto-simfonio in Bialystok, Pollando
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UN Series: Language, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Vulnerable Populations
Church Center - NY 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, United StatesAn oft-repeated aim of the Sustainable Development Goals is that they should “leave no one behind” and should concentrate on the most vulnerable populations. They should also encourage two-way communication, not just top-down solutions. But has anyone thought about the role of language in this process? Not enough people, according …
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Summer School on Linguistic Policy, Linguistic Planning and Evaluation (LPLPE17)
University of Costa Rica San José, Puerto RicoThe Institute of Linguistic Research (INIL) of the University of Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) (http://www.esperantic.org/en/home/), invites you to the Summer School on Linguistic Policy, Linguistic Planning and Evaluation (PLPLE), which aims to open an international space for discussion on Linguistic Policy and Linguistic Planning. …
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Soros Series: Is Esperanto dangerous?
CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesSpeaker: Ulrich Lins As speakers of a 'dangerous language', the adepts of Esperanto were harassed and persecuted. The fate of Esperanto can be seen as a barometer to measure the degree to which regimes tolerate the desire for direct person-to-person international communication. After the fall of Fascism and Stalinism, conditions were …
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Deadline for Nominations: James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts
TIRF - The International Research Foundation for English Language Education - established the TIRF James E. Alatis Prize for Research on Language Policy and Planning in Educational Contexts to honor the contributions of our outstanding educator and association founder and leader to the field. With this message, we are inviting …
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Special Panel: Rethinking the world through language: the role of Esperanto in modern Japanese history
Special Panel: Rethinking the world through language: the role of Esperanto in modern Japanese history EAJS2017 Conference in Lisbon Convenor Ian Rapley (Cardiff University) Discussant Gotelind Mueller-Saini (University of Heidelberg) Papers: Joseph Essertier (Nagoya Institute of Technology): Inclusive design in Esperanto and romanisation movements in 1930s Japan Ian Rapley (Cardiff …