The History of ESSE






The full list of Board meetings, Executive meetings, and Conferences

Year
Month
Venue
Board
Executive
Conference






1989
July
London
Founders' meeting


1990
January
Rome
Founders' meeting


1991
January
Paris
Board


1991
September
Norwich
Board

ESSE 1
1992
March
Berlin
Board


1992
October
Madrid
Board


1993
May
Thessaloniki
Board


1993
September
Bordeaux
Board

ESSE 2
1994
October
Lisbon
Board


1995
March
Cologne
Board


1995
April
London

Executive

1995
September
Glasgow
Board
Executiv ESSE 3
1995
December
Vigo

Executive
1996
April
Logrońo

Executive
1996
September
Sheffield
Board
Executive
1996
December
Barcelona

Executive
1997
May
Zaragoza

Executive
1997
September
Budapest

Executive
1997
September
Debrecen
Board
Executive ESSE 4
1997
December
Sevilla

Executive
1998
September
Berlin
Board
Executive
1998
December
Lleida

Executive
1999
April
Leicester

Executive
1999
August
Timişoara
Board
Executive
2000
January
Cologne

Executive
2000
May
Zaragoza

Executive
2000
August
Helsinki
Board
Executive ESSE 5
2000
December
Ciudad Real

Executive
2001
April
Lyon

Executive
2001
September
Vienna
Board
Executive
2001
December
Amsterdam

Executive
2002
May
Lyon

Executive
2002
August
Strasbourg
Board
Executive ESSE 6
2002
December
Santiago

Executive
2003
May
Timişoara

Executive
2003
September
Oxford
Board
Executive
2003
December
Lyon

Executive
2004
May
Portoroz

Executive
2004
September
Zaragoza
Board
Executive ESSE 7
2004
December
Valencia

Executive
2005
April
Istanbul

Executive
2005
August
Krakow
Board
Executive
2005
December
Berlin

Executive
2006
May
Lisbon

Executive
2006
August
London
Board
Executive ESSE 8
2006
December
Lyon

Executive
2007
March
Alcalá de Henares

Executive
2007
September
Vilnius
Board
Executive
2007
December
Amsterdam

Executive
2008
April
Aarhus

Executive
2008
August
Aarhus
Board
Executive ESSE 9
2009
March
Torino

Executive
2009
August
Szeged
Board
Executive
2010
June
Alcalá de Henares

Executive
2010
August
Torino
Board
Executive ESSE 10
2011
April
Vlore

Executive
2011
August
Prague
Board
Executive
2012
May
Ljubljana

Executive

2012
September
Istanbul
Board
Executive
ESSE 11
2012
December
Alcalá de Henares
Executive




Former ESSE Executive members and other ESSE officers


These are the lists of previous presidents of ESSE, secretaries of ESSE, treasurers of ESSE, editors of The European English Messenger, and webmasters of the ESSE website, with the year and place of their election, and the dates when they held office.

Presidents of ESSE

Piero Boitani (January 1990, Rome) (Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1995)
Helmut Bonheim (October 1994, Lisbon) (Jan. 1995 - Jan. 2001)
Adolphe Haberer (August 2000, Helsinki) (Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2007)
Fernando Galván (August 2006, London) (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2013)
Liliane Louvel (September 2012, Istanbul) (Jan. 2013 - )

Secretaries of ESSE
Robert Clark (January 1990, Rome) (Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1996)
Norman Blake (September 1995, Glasgow) (Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1999)
Graham Caie (September 1998, Berlin) (Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2002)
Hortensia Parlog (September 2001, Vienna) (Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2008)
Slavka Tomascikova (August 2007, Vilnius) (Jan. 2008 -)

Treasurers of ESSE
Peter de Voogd (March 1992, Berlin) (Jan. 1993 - Jan. 1996)
Carmelo Cunchillos (September 1995, Glasgow) (Jan. 1996 - Jan. 2002)
Lachlan Mackenzie (September 2001, Vienna) (Jan.2002 - Jan. 2008)
Tim Caudery (August 2007, Vilnius) (Jan. 2008)-

Editors of The European English Messenger
Paul-Gabriel Bouce (June 1990, Brussels) (Issue zero only)
Helmut Bonheim (September 1991, Norwich) (From I, 1)
Neil Forsyth (October 1994, Lisbon) (From IV, 1)
Martin A. Kayman (August 1997, Debrecen) (From VII, 1)
John A. Stotesbury (August 2003, Oxford) (From XIII, 1)
Marina Dossena (August 2009, Szeged) (from XIX, 1)
Hortensia Pârlog (September 2012, Istanbul) (from XXII, 1)

Webmasters of the ESSE website
Jean-Louis Duchet and Victor Kennedy (August 1997, Debrecen)
Jacques Ramel (September 2001, Vienna)




Prof. Fernando Galván,
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
former President



Prof. Marina Dossena
Bergamo, Italy
former editor of The Messenger
Prof. Ado Haberer,
Lyon, France,
former President

Prof. Hortensia Pârlog,
Timişoara, Romania,
former Secretary
Prof. J. Lachlan Mackenzie
Lisbon, Portugal,
former Treasurer
John A. Stotesbury
Joensuu, Finland
former editor of The Messenger



The venues of Board meetings

Oxford, 2003

Zaragoza, 2004
Krakow, 2005
London, 2006
Vilnius, 2007
Aarhus, 2008
Szeged, 2009, two views of the Board meeting

Turin, 2010
Prague 2011, with a stunning view over the royal castle and the cathedral

More photos are available in the ESSE photo gallery