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Nitobe Symposium
The Nitobe Symposium carries the name of Nitobe Inazo (1862-1933), Under Secretary General of the League of Nations, which strived for language equality and fair treatment of all languages within the league. The first Nitobe Symposium took place in Prague in 1996. Subsequence symposiums occured in Berlin (1999), Beijingg (2004) and Vilnius (2005).
Nitobe Symposium 4, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Dates July 30th - August 1st, 2005
- Theme: Aspects of the language politics of expansion of the European Union
- Concluding document: Nitobe4
- Lecturers: Humphrey Tonkin (US), Mark Fettes (CA), Robert Phillipson (DK), Francois Grin (CH), Philippe van Parijs (BE)
- More information: http://esperantic.org/nitobe2005.htm
Nitobe Symposium 3, Beijing, China
- Dates July 25-26th, 2004
- Theme: To a new international language order
- Concluding document: Nitobe3
- Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Humphrey TONKIN (US), Dr. KOBAYASHI Tukasa (JP), YANG Guang (CN), Michael CWIK (EU), Prof. SU Jinzhi (CN), Noel MUYLLE (EU), Prof. LIU Haitao (CN), MIYOSHI Etsuo (JP), Kimiko SCHWERIN (EU), Prof. Dr. LEE Chong-Yeong (KR)
- More information: Al nova internacia lingva ordo / Towards a New International Language Order
Nitobe Symposium 2, Berlin, Germany
- Dates August 2-3rd, 1999
- Theme: Globalisation and language diversity
- Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ammon, Dr. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Prof. Claude Piron, Prof. Dr. Florian Coulmas, Mrs. Emma Bonino
Nitobe Symposium 1, Prague, Czech Republic
- Dates July 20-22th, 1996
- Theme: Towards linguistic democracy
- Concluding document: Nitobe1
- Representatives: UN, UNESCO, EU, NGO:s
- More information: Al lingva demokratio / Towards Linguistic Democracy / Vers la démocratie linguistique
