Conlang Excursions 6: Harmonic Variations
You may recall that a few instalments back, I outlined a fascinating artistic language called Elet Anta that has been all but forgotten since the death of its author. Now I’d like to present another similar curiosity, whose designer – under the pseudonym Galivad –...
CED turns 70 at the 44th Conference on Esperanto Studies
On a rainy day in London in 1952, after reading another newspaper article misrepresenting Esperanto as “the failed universal language that’s no longer spoken”, Ivo Lapenna stood up from his office chair, looked out the window and thought: “It’s time to create some...
On “Hodler in Mostar” – an interview with Spomenka Štimec
This interview with Croatian author Spomenka Štimec was conducted by Alessandra Madella and first appeared on the Ĉina Radio Internacia website in January 2022. She has kindly offered it for republication here. The International League of Esperanto-Speaking Teachers...
From Esperanto to Dothraki: a book review (1)
Piperski, Aleksandr: Конструирование языков: от эсперанто до дотракийского ‘Constructing Languages: from Esperanto to Dothraki’. Moscow, Alypina Non-Fikšn 2017, 224 paĝoj. ISBN 978-5-91671-1. Review by Stanislav Košecký, Slovakia. The book is pictured alongside Dr...
The Book of Guests in Esperanto
We are proud to announce the worldwide publication of Clarence Bicknell’s Book of Guests in Esperanto, a masterpiece of dedication and arts-and-crafts talent in watercolours by a light-hearted polymath of the late 19th century. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) built his...
Numismatics: an Esperanto cultural treasure trove no longer in the dark (2)
In his groundbreaking booklet Esperanto-mono (“Esperanto Money”, 2000) Hans Jankowski includes not only Esperanto coins and medallions, but also payment methods and securities of various kinds that have been used as local or event-related means of payment. When...
Nitobe Symposium: Language, Conflict and Security
On the 26th and 27th of July last year, the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems (CED) organised the online international “Nitobe Symposium: Language, Conflict and Security”. The conveners were Michele Gazzola, Angela Tellier, Mark Fettes...
WSIS and NGOs – Indispensable Cooperation
The World Summit on the Information Society Forum was held in Geneva from 30 May to 3 June this year, and Humphrey Tonkin, representing the World Esperanto Association at the UN in his role as vice-president of the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, was invited...
Interview with Anna Löwenstein
This interview with British author Anna Löwenstein was conducted by Alessandra Madella and first appeared on the Ĉina Radio Internacia website in January 2022. She has kindly offered it for republication here. Could you say something about your latest novel, The...IfI: Information for Interlinguists
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