Ulrich Lins (born 4 August 1943) is a German historian and Esperantist.

Biography

Youth

Ulrich Lins was born on in

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. In , he learned Esperanto. He studied

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

, and

Japanology , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, literatu ...

at the universities of

and

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. In 1971 and 1972, he was an observer at the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

and completed his doctoral thesis on the history of the

Oomoto file:Chouseiden.jpg, 200px, ''Chōseiden'' (長生殿) in Ayabe, Kyoto, Ayabe , also known as , is a religion founded in the 1890s by Nao Deguchi, Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and Onisaburo Deguchi, Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948). Oomoto is typ ...

sect. As a teacher, he oversees university exchanges between

and other countries. He is married and has two children, including Marko Naoki Lins.

Involvement in the Esperanto Movement

He has held the following positions in the movement, among others: * 1964–1969: Member of the board of the

World Esperanto Youth Organization The World Esperanto Youth Organization (, TEJO) is an organization dedicated to supporting young Esperanto speakers around the world and promote the use of Esperanto. TEJO was founded in 1938 as the ''Tutmonda Junular-Organizo'' (World Youth Org ...

* 1967–1969: Representative of

TEJO The World Esperanto Youth Organization (, TEJO) is an organization dedicated to supporting young Esperanto speakers around the world and promote the use of Esperanto. TEJO was founded in 1938 as the ''Tutmonda Junular-Organizo'' (World Youth Org ...

to the board of the

Universal Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association (, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5,501 individual members in 121 countries and 9,215 through national associations (i ...

* 1970–1974: Co-editor of the magazine ''

Kontakto ''Kontakto'' is an Esperanto magazine published by TEJO and supported by the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). Its 6 annual issues have readers in about 100 countries of the world. It started in 1963 through a proposal of the UEA committee b ...

'' (with Simo Milojevic) * For some time and since 1986: Member of the board of the Universal Esperanto Association * 1989–1995: Vice-president of the

Works

* Author of: ** '' La Danĝera Lingvo'' (editions:

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

), published in Esperanto, Japanese, German, Italian, and Russian. * Editor-in-chief of the new edition of '' Enciklopedio de Esperanto'' (Encyclopedia of Esperanto; not yet published) * Co-editor of: ** '' Esperanto en perspektivo'' (with Ivo Lapenna and Tazio Carlevaro, 1974) ** A book in German on German-Japanese relations (1977) ** A two-volume work written in Japanese on the history of

References

1943 births People from Bonn German Esperantists {{German-bio-stub