Ulrich Lins

Ulrich Lins
Born	(1943-08-04) 4 August 1943 (age 82) Bonn, Germany
Alma mater	University of Bonn University of Cologne University of Tokyo
Occupations	Historian author linguist
Board member of	Universal Esperanto Association (1986–c. 1996)

Ulrich Lins (born 4 August 1943) is a German historian. He was a member of the board of the Universal Esperanto Association, and served as its vice-president from 1989-1995.

Biography

Ulrich Lins was born on 4 August 1943 in Bonn, Germany. ^[1]

Lins studied history, political science, and Japanology at the universities of Bonn and Cologne. In 1971 and 1972, he was an observer at the University of Tokyo and completed his doctoral thesis on the history of the Oomoto sect. ^[2]

Involvement in the Esperanto Movement

Lins was a member of the board of the World Esperanto Youth Organization (TEJO) from 1964–1969, and represented the organisation on the board of the Universal Esperanto Association from 1967–1969. He was the co-editor of the magazine Kontakto (with Simo Milojevic) from 1970–1974.

He became a member of the board of the Universal Esperanto Association in 1986, and served as its vice-president from 1989-1995. ^[3]

Selected published works

• Lins, Ulrich (10 February 2017) [1973, 1988, 1990]. La Danĝera Lingvo [Dangerous Language — Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin] (in Esperanto, Japanese, German, Italian, and Russian). Springer. ISBN   978-1-137-54917-4.
• Lins, Ulrich; Lapenna, Ivo; Carlevaro, Tazio, eds. (1974). Esperanto en perspektivo (in Esperanto).
• Lins, Ulrich, ed. (1977). German-Japanese relations (in German).
• Lins, Ulrich (ed.). History of Germany (in Japanese). Vol. 1–2.

References

1. Gorecka, Halina; Korĵenkov, Aleksander (2018). Nia diligenta kolegaro : Biografio de 200 eminentaj esperantistoj (in Esperanto). Sezonoj. ISBN   978-609-95087-6-4. OCLC   1082448709.
2. "MOFA: Japan-EU Symposium on Further Promoting People-to-People Exchanges Program". www.mofa.go.jp. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
3. Lins, Ulrich. "Ulrich Lins – Independent Researcher". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2025.^{[ self-published source? ]}