Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) was established in 1968 as a vehicle for promoting scholarly research and dialogue on issues concerned with world language problems and language policy and planning. It works to promote the understanding and implementation of linguistic justice in a multicultural world through three priority areas: Research, Conservation and Education, supported by a system of grants and awards. This blog, ESF Connected, showcases recent activities and achievements within ESF’s priority areas, and the work of ESF and others more generally.
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 and Humphrey Tonkin, and it was hosted at the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Ulster University, Northern Ireland....
Simposio Nitobe: Lenguaje, Conflicto y Seguridad
Los días 26 y 27 de julio del año pasado, el Centro de Investigación y Documentación sobre Problemas de Idiomas del Mundo (CED) organizó el “Simposio de Nitobe: Idioma, Conflicto y Seguridad” internacional en línea. Los convocantes fueron Michele Gazzola, Angela Tellier, Mark Fettes y Humphrey Tonkin, y se llevó a cabo en la Escuela de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales Aplicadas de la Universidad de...
Nitobe-Simpozio: Lingvo, konflikto kaj sekureco
La 26-an kaj 27-an de julio 2021, la Centro por Esploro kaj Dokumentado pri Mondaj Lingvaj Problemoj (CED) organizis la retan internacian “Nitobe-Simpozion: Lingvo, konflikto kaj sekureco”. Ĝiaj organizantoj estis Michele Gazzola, Angela Tellier, Mark Fettes kaj Humphrey Tonkin, kaj ĝi estis gastigita ĉe la Fakultato de Aplikataj Sociaj kaj Politikaj Sciencoj, Universitato de Ulstero...
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 to comment – via Zoom, and in English – during a session on the first day. Here is what he said. It is a pleasure to join you to...
La CMSI y las ONG: cooperación indispensable
El Foro de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información se celebró en Ginebra del 30 de mayo al 3 de junio de este año, y Humphrey Tonkin, en representación de la Asociación Mundial de Esperanto en la ONU en su papel de vicepresidente del Comité de ONG sobre Idioma e Idiomas, fue invitado a comentar a través de Zoom y en inglés, durante una sesión el primer día. Esto es lo que dijo: Es...
Monda Pintkonferenco pri la Informada Socio, kaj Neregistaraj Organizoj – nemalhavebla kunlaboro
La Forumo de la Monda Pintkonferenco pri la Informada Socio okazis en Ĝenevo de la 30-a de majo ĝis la 3-a de junio ĉi-jare, kaj Humphrey Tonkin, reprezentante Universalan Esperanto-Asocion ĉe UN en sia rolo kiel vicprezidanto de la Komitato de Neregistaraj Organizoj (NRO-oj) pri Lingvo kaj Lingvoj, estis invitita komenti – pere de Zoom, kaj en la angla – dum la unua tago. Jen tio, kion li...
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 Memoirs of Julia Agripina? It concerns Agrippina, mother of the Roman emperor Nero. I became interested in her while doing research for...
Entrevista con Anna Löwenstein
Esta entrevista con la autora británica Anna Löwenstein fue realizada por Alessandra Madella y apareció por primera vez en el sitio web de Ĉina Radio Internacia en enero de 2022. Ella amablemente ofreció publicarla una vez más aquí. ¿Podría decir algo sobre su última novela, Las memorias de Julia Agripina? Se trata de Agripina, madre del emperador romano Nerón. Me interesé en ella mientras...
Bulletin · Bulteno
Short bilingual announcements of publications and projects
Mallongaj dulingvaj anoncoj pri eldonaĵoj kaj projektoj
Contribute an item · Kontribui eron
Flat and fast but not melodious · Plata kaj rapida sed ne melodia
“Eros, Beauty, and Phon-Aesthetic Judgements of Language Sound. We Like It Flat and Fast, but Not Melodious. Comparing Phonetic and Acoustic Features of 16 European Languages” is a fascinating article by Vita Kogan and Susanne Reiterer, published a year ago in...
Fettes to direct theme of indigenous languages · Fettes reĝisoros pri indiĝenaj lingvoj
At the end of January 2022, Dr Mark Fettes, ex-president of UEA and professor of education, agreed to serve as theme director for the 107th World Esperanto Congress in Montreal. The theme was inspired by the UN's decision to build on the experiences of 2019, the...
The word was made flesh · La vorto fariĝis karno
Chapter 2 of Guilherme Fians’s Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks bears the title “And the Word Was Made Flesh, or How to Narrate Histories”. Understanding how Esperanto has been historically conveyed as timely requires revisiting the battle of artificial languages,...
Language communities in Japan · Lingvaj komunumoj en Japanio
The book Language Communities in Japan, published in January, contains a chapter by KIMURA Goro Christoph and GOTOO Hitosi called “Esperanto: Internationalism, dialogue, and an evolving community”. La anglalingva libro Lingvaj komunumoj en Japanio, eldonita en...
In the beginning was the word · En la komenco estis la vorto
Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks by Guilherme Fians starts with a chapter entitled “In the Beginning Was the Word”. The text reassesses the idea that “nobody speaks Esperanto any more”, outlines the particularities that set Esperanto apart from other languages, and...
Poznań: Virtual interlinguistics session · Poznano: Virtuala interlingvistika sesio
The interlinguistics group that kicked off in September 2021 began its second semester in February with a virtual session (2-13 Feb 2022). At present, 33 students (from 18 countries) have completed their exams from the first semester and attended the new courses. La...
Advances in interdisciplinary language policy · Antaŭenpaŝoj en interfaka lingvopolitiko
Advances in Interdisciplinary Language Policy is the ninth and latest volume in the series Studies in World Language Problems. It contains contributions by Mark Fettes, by Sabine Fiedler and Cyril Brosch, and by François Grin, editor of the journal Language Problems...
Speech community v language council · Parolkomunumo kontraŭ lingvoakademio
Another interesting chapter in Guilherme Fians’s new book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks is “The Speech Community Against the Language Council: Vocabulary Choice, Authority and Standardisation in a No Man’s Language”. It focuses on what speakers do with Esperanto...
IPR: Esperanto in universities · Esperanto en universitatoj
The latest issue (2022/1) of Internacia Pedagogia Revuo contains two reports of successful experiences relating to the introduction of Esperanto in university courses that do not cover interlinguistics. The articles (in Esperanto) are "Increasing the awareness of...
The rise of English · La altiĝo de la angla
Rosemary Salomone’s book The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language, recently published by Oxford University Press, mentions Esperanto in passing: «English is not the “universal” language that Condorcet may have envisioned or an artificial language...
Follow the (non-)native · Sekvi la (ne-)denaskan
Guilherme Fians has a chapter called “Follow the (Non-)Native: Circulating, Mapping and Territorialising the Esperanto Community” in his recent book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks. The chapter investigates how the status of Esperanto speakers as an international...
Kataluna Esperantisto on constructed languages · pri planlingvoj
The latest issue of the journal Kataluna Esperantisto includes a series of specialist articles on the subject of constructed languages. Some texts are in Esperanto while others are in Catalan. It is free to download. La lasta numero de la revuo Kataluna Esperantisto...
Rules and incentives in Budapest · Reguloj kaj instigoj en Budapeŝto
Lecture proposals are invited for the symposium about “Rules and incentives in language policy and planning: Economic, legal and sociolinguistic approaches” on 16 and 17 June in Budapest. Two very interesting keynote speakers have accepted the symposium’s invitation:...
On moving and standing Still · Pri movado kaj senmoveco
Guilherme Fians’s new book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks contains a chapter called “On Moving and Standing Still: The Social Movement from the Standpoint of an Esperanto Association”. Focusing on how members of a left-leaning Esperanto association in Paris...
Wilde’s Salomé in Esperanto · Salomé de Wilde en Esperanto
Jan Buts’s article “Invented languages, intertextuality, and indirect translation: Wilde’s Salomé in Esperanto” in the journal Translation Studies discusses two competing versions of Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé that were translated into Esperanto indirectly. La artikolo...
Librarian vacancy · Bibliotekisto serĉata
We draw your attention to the announcement of a job opportunity at the Austrian National Library in relation to the Collection for Planned Languages and Esperanto Museum. They are looking for a librarian to work 30 hours a week. Ni atentigas pri dung-anonco de la...
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