Sunday, 7 June 2020
Using Zoom
Duncan Charters, Katalin Kováts, jOmO, Renato Corsetti, Keyhan Sayadpour
We had the following overseas presenters:
• Duncan Charters, USA
• Katalin Kováts, Netherlands
• jOmO, France
• Renato Corsetti, UK
• Keyhan Sayadpour, Iran
We also organised a few language sessions for beginners.
Participation was FREE. You could join for the whole day or chose some selected sessions only.
PROGRAM
[Eastern Australian time zone (UTC+10:00)]
All lectures, and videos, are in Esperanto.
08:30
Opening “ceremony”: Welcome, clarification about the program
09:00
Esperanto during COVID-19 – Duncan Charters, USA (president of the World Esperanto Association)
10:00
The Encyclopedia of Adam Lindsay Gordon – John Adams and the Torquay Esperanto Coffee Club
10:30
A famous-unknown woman from Adelaide – Katja Steele, Australia
10:45
Quiz: Languages and geography – Benno Lang, Australia
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
The COVID-19 pandemic and the health system in Iran – Keyhan Sayadpour, Iran (president of the Iranian Esperanto Association)
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Diaries from Hell: The chronicles of Viktor Klemperer – Trevor Steele, Australia
Viktor Klemperer was a Jew who miraculously survived the 12 years of Hitler.
14:30
Montessori education – Penny Vos, Australia
What it is, and how it presents possibilities both for and through Esperanto
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Important issues in the teaching of Esperanto – Katalin Kováts, Netherlands
17:00
How I write songs – jOmO, France (world-famous singer)
18:00
Dinner
19:00
English and Esperanto – Renato Corsetti, UK
20:00 →
Informal chat
About Professor R Corsetti’s iconoclastic speech “La angla kaj Esperanto” to be delivered by him – virtually – under the auspices of the Australian Esperanto Association on 7th June 2020 at 7:00 PM and published later in Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco:
Here is some background material relating to the role of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt vis-á-vis promoting, with Prime Minister Churchill, the Basic English project of CK Ogden.
Basic English, widely used by Voice of America for decades, first appeared 95 years ago.
http://www.bandeeducation.com/a-challenge-and-an-opportunity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kay_Ogden
For Baha’i friends, I’ve translated a draft of the speech in question free of charge and without copyright (with Renato’s permission). See the second part of my link above, “a-challenge-and-an-opportunity”, for a study on how several world leaders of the 1940s thwarted Esperanto.
All the best,
Paul
Language sessions for beginners?