Sign up to the Brita Kongreso 2024!

We've now opened up sign-up for the Brita Kongreso, the largest annual gathering of Esperanto-speakers in the UK, which will take place in Oxford from 3–5 May 2024.

We chose the city for the 104^th Brita Kongreso in memory of Marjorie Boulton; she studied there and spent the last 40+ years of her life there. The event will be held in two nearby venues: Somerville College and St Anne's College, Oxford University.

You'll be in friendly surroundings in a spacious lecture theatre with refreshments on hand, guest speakers invited from overseas, and a host of other presenters.

Friday:

• Registration from 15:00 in the Flora Anderson Hall of Somerville College.
• An optional banquet in the evening in Somerville College's Dining Hall.

Saturday:

• A full day of programmes in St Anne's College's Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre.
• A full day of programmes in three smaller rooms in Somerville College.
• Optional lunches at St Anne's College.
• Refreshments for all at St Anne's College.

Sunday:

• EAB's AGM at St Anne's College for EAB members from 10:00 to 12:00.
• Alternative activities for non-members at Somerville College in the morning.
• Optional lunches at St Anne's College.
• Refreshments for all at St Anne's College.
• An afternoon of activities for all at St Anne's College.

You might also want to stay about longer for a couple of reasons:

• The Monday is a bank holiday in the UK. Why not enjoy Oxford, Woodstock, Blenheim Palace whilst you're already here?
• On the Tuesday we are holding a small memorial ceremony for Marjorie Boulton at Somerville College on what would have been her 100^th birthday.

Who's the event for?

Every Esperantist! That includes relative newcomers, who have done a little bit of studying already but have never been around other Esperanto-speakers before. You're all welcome, and there will be special activities put on for newer learners.

Accommodation

There are plenty of hotels in Oxford but they're really, really expensive. For this reason we recommend a competitively priced one which is three miles away but located next to a park-and-ride service, which takes ten minutes and three stops to reach Woodstock Road, where the two colleges are located. See britakongreso.org for more information.

Educational grants

Are you keen to participate but the cost is keeping you away? We offer grants to help, as long as you're normally resident in the UK. If you're interested, either contact us on eab@esperanto.org, or use the contact form here or on britakongreso.org.

How to book:

• First visit britakongreso.org to read more details about the conference, including pricing.
• Then click any of the Sign Up buttons on that page; there are several, including in the menu at the top of the page:

( Eblas ŝanĝi al Esperanto alklakante la falmenuon en la maldekstra flanko.)

With three smaller rooms in Somerville College and a 150-person lecture theatre in St Anne's College, there's plenty of space for both people and activities!

You'll have a chance to contribute, too: perhaps you'd like to give a fulmprelegeto (a short presentation up to five minutes long) or have some fun with music (Jack Warren will be holding a Ni muzikumu! session). Since Marjorie Boulton was a playwright on top of excelling as a poet, author and essayist, it would be great to put on one of her plays. If you're interested in that, let us know (either by the contact form or indicating via the sign-up form) and we'll be in touch once we have an idea of numbers.