ESF – mid-year
In 2020 the work of the Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) focused more particularly on international language issues, and especially the promotion of equality among languages, international communication on the basis of linguistic equality, and linguistic justice....
Conlang Excursions 3: Hidden in Plain Sight
“It is hard to know whether the Anta are a nation, a religion, a secret society or a mixture of all three. They have apparently been living in the British Isles for at least a thousand years, and there are thought to be between ten and twenty thousand of them,...
Libraries 4: An introduction to the GDREA alphabetical catalogue
The GDREA alphabetical catalogue also exists on CD. It contains more than 2000 titles of monographs and collections, mainly in Esperanto, which until 1990 were part of the library of GDREA, the Esperanto Association of the East German Kulturbund (Cultural...
Retoso – the new Esperanto youth event!
My name is Tyron. I am a British student now living in the United States, but most important for this blog, I was a member of the organizing team of Retoso – the new online event of TEJO (Tutmonda Esperantista Junularo / World Esperanto Youth). Our team had 7 members...
NASK: North American Summer Courses
NASK (North American Summer Courses) was born in California in the 1970s after Catherine (“Cathy”) L. Schulze and her husband William (“Bill”) H. Schulze took part in an Esperanto course at North Adams State College, in Massachusetts, in 1969, led by Professor Duncan...
Clarence Bicknell – Esperanto with gusto
Clarence Bicknell, after flirting with Volapük, discovered Esperanto in 1897, ten years after Zamenhof published his Unua Libro. How and where he heard about the language remain a mystery but the spark took flame in Clarence’s head. Bicknell threw himself into...
ESF: The Marjorie Boulton Fellowships
When Marjorie Boulton, died in Oxford a few years ago, the Esperanto movement lost one of its greatest advocates and most accomplished writers. Her career included many years as a teacher of teachers, both in the classroom and as head of a teacher training institution...
Multilingual and multicultural people and their identity
Multilingual and multicultural people are increasing in number. Some from curiosity, others from necessity. Their backgrounds vary just as their combinations of languages and cultures do. Polyglots attract respect in the area of language learning, but also mistrust...
Libraries 3: The Esperanto Library and Archive in Massa, Italy
The Esperanto library and archive collection in Massa, Italy, was founded in 1972 by two brothers, Catina and Mario Dazzini, from a collection of their books, newspapers, and other various Esperanto items. It was initially housed in Malaspina Castle in the city of...IfI: Information for Interlinguists
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