European Graduate School
{{Short description|Swiss private university}}
{{Infobox university
| name = European Graduate School
| image = File:EGS Campus Saas-Fee.jpg
| established = 1994
| type = Private graduate school
| founders = Paolo Knill
Wolfgang Schirmacher
|head_label = Chief Academic Officer
|head = Christopher Fynsk
| dean = Margo Fuchs Knill (AHS), José Miguel Calderon (AHS), Christopher Fynsk (PACT)
| location = Visp, Switzerland (Administrative Office); Saas-Fee, Switzerland; Valletta, Malta
| website = {{URL|www.egs.edu}}
| parent = The European Graduate School Foundation{{cite web|url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/en/u/egs_european_graduate_school_foundation_CH-600.7.013.087-7.htm |title=EGS European Graduate School Foundation - Saas-Fee |publisher=Moneyhouse.ch |access-date=2017-07-01}}
}}
The European Graduate School (EGS) is a private graduate school that operates in two locations: Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Valletta, Malta.
History
It was founded in 1994 in Saas-Fee, Switzerland by the Swiss scientist, artist, and therapist, Paolo Knill.{{cite news |last=Zurbriggen |first=Andreas |date=2015-08-19 |title=Universitätsstadt Saas-Fee |trans-title=University Town Saas-Fee |language=de |newspaper=Walliser Bote}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Levine |editor1-first=Ellen | editor2-last=Levine |editor2-first=Stephen K. |editor3-last=Knill |editor3-first=Paolo |date=2005 |title=Principles and Practice of Expressive Arts Therapy |location=London |publisher=Jessica Kingsley Publishers |page=256 |isbn=1-84642-032-6}} It was co-founded by the Swiss Canton of Valais, which is represented in its board.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vs.ch/de/web/she/partenaires/-/asset_publisher/y1XTjLs84Owi/content/formation-et-recherche-universitai-1?inheritRedirect=false |title=Universitäre Institute und weitere Stiftungen |access-date=2018-08-08 |archive-date=2018-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808104847/https://www.vs.ch/de/web/she/partenaires/-/asset_publisher/y1XTjLs84Owi/content/formation-et-recherche-universitai-1?inheritRedirect=false |url-status=dead }}
The school initially offered programs in Expressive Arts Therapy, as part of a broader initiative to develop a network of training institutes in Expressive Arts Therapy.{{cite book |editor1-last=Levine |editor1-first=Ellen | editor2-last=Levine |editor2-first=Stephen K. |date=1999|title=Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy: Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives|publisher=London |pages=9–10 |isbn=1-85302-463-5}}{{cite journal|last1=Atkins|first1=Sally|title=Artists in Community: The Black Mountain College and the White Mountain Graduate School.|journal=POIESES: A Journal of the Arts and Communications|date=2005|volume=7|pages=108–124}} A division of Media and Communication (later renamed Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought) was established in 1998 by Wolfgang Schirmacher.{{cite news |last=Dalli |first=Miriam |date=2015-06-22 |title=Swiss grad school seeks university status in Malta |url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/54293/swiss_grad_school_seeks_university_status_in_malta#.WSCoT8klGqB |newspaper=Malta Today |location=Malta |access-date=2017-05-20}}{{Cite web|title=Wolfgang Schirmacher|url=https://egs.edu/biography/wolfgang-schirmacher/|access-date=2022-02-20|website=The European Graduate School|language=en-US}}
EGS is licensed as a university in Malta{{cite web |url=http://ncfhe.gov.mt/en/register/Pages/list_universities.aspx |title= List of Licensed Institutions and Accredited Courses > Universities |access-date=15 March 2016}} and is recognized in the Swiss canton where it operates,Canton du Valais [https://www.vs.ch/web/she/formation-et-recherche-universitaires Formation et recherche universitaires]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Page accessed April 7, 2016 but is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/higher-education-area/recognised-swiss-higher-education-institutions/ |title=swissuniversities |access-date=15 March 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313210830/http://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/higher-education-area/recognised-swiss-higher-education-institutions |url-status=dead }}
Teaching is mostly remote, with required attendance for short periods at the school; ad hoc meetings in various cities also take place.{{cite news |last=Zurbriggen |first=Andreas |date=2015-08-19 |title=Universitätsstadt Saas Fee |trans-title=University Town Saas Fee |language=de |newspaper=Walliser Bote |url=http://www.1815.ch/news/wallis/aktuell/universitaetsstadt-saas-fee-20150819-0/|quote= Der Kontakt wird dabei online hergestellt oder bei Fakultätstreffen in sogenannten «Hubs» – dezentralen Einrichtungen der Universität, die in Städten aufgebaut werden, wo besonders viele EGS- Studenten leben[...]}}
Notable faculty members have included Giorgio Agamben,{{cite journal |last=Kuhn |first=Albert |date=2005 |title=Interview mit einem schellen Brüter|journal=LEARNing Landscapes |trans-title=Interview with a speedy Breeder |volume=45 |url=http://www.weltwoche.ch/ausgaben/2005-45/artikel/interview-mit-einem-schnellen-brueter-die-weltwoche-ausgabe-452005.html|language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121172227/http://www.weltwoche.ch/ausgaben/2005-45/artikel/interview-mit-einem-schnellen-brueter-die-weltwoche-ausgabe-452005.html|archive-date=2017-01-21 |quote= oder die Philosophen Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou und ich. Wir drei sind befreundet. Wir treffen uns dort jedes Jahr, sind engagiert für drei Wochen [...]}} Chantal Akerman,Haber, John. [http://www.haberarts.com/chantal.htm Chantal Akerman: Bordering on Fiction.] Haber Arts. Pierre Alféri,University of Buffalo.[http://rll.buffalo.edu/news/ Bilingual reading by Pierre Alféri] Accessed: August 4th, 2011 Judith Butler,European Graduate School, faculty.[http://egs.edu/faculty] Accessed: October 10th, 2018 Achille Mbembe, Avital Ronell, Slavoj Žižek, Alain Badiou, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Paul Virilio, Donna Haraway, Alenka Zupančič, Jacques Rancière, Bracha Ettinger, Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Malabou, Achille Mbembe, Sha Xin Wei, and Sandy Stone.{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Faculty |url=https://egs.edu/faculty/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=The European Graduate School |language=en-US}}
Notable alumni and attendees have included Lara Khaldi,{{Cite web |title=people - Sharjah Art Foundation |url=https://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/people/khaldi-lara1 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=sharjahart.org}} John Maus,{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/07/fifteen-suppositions-from-john-maus-on-art-music-blowing-up-cities-on-film-and-ariel-pink.html |title=Fifteen suppositions from John Maus on art, music, blowing up cities on film and Ariel Pink |last=Wappler |first=Margaret |date=2013-11-26 |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090858/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/07/fifteen-suppositions-from-john-maus-on-art-music-blowing-up-cities-on-film-and-ariel-pink.html |archive-date=2017-02-12 |url-status=dead }} Gael García Bernal,{{cite web |url=https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/documentary-filmmaking-and-social-change |title=Documentary Filmmaking and Social Change |last=Tsoler |first=Tekeyan |date=2013-11-26 |website=The Link |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090930/https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/documentary-filmmaking-and-social-change |archive-date=2017-02-12 |url-status=dead }} Ariana Reines,{{cite web | url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ariana-reines | title=Ariana Reines The Poetry Foundation | access-date=2021-08-21 }} Micah White,{{Cite web|title=Who is Micah White? Official Biography and notable facts|url=https://www.micahmwhite.com/about|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Micah White, PhD|language=en-US}} Pablo Iglesias Turrión,{{Cite web |date=2014-10-30 |title=CURRICULUM VITAE {{!}} Pablo Iglesias Turrión |url=http://sindominio.net/~pablo/trabajos/cv_08.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030234532/http://sindominio.net/~pablo/trabajos/cv_08.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2014 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=}}{{Cite web|last=Ercheca|first=Endrýu|date=2014-07-23|title=Se Acabaron las Gambas: EXCLUSIVA: Toda la verdad sobre Pablo Iglesias Turrion (I): Expediente Académico|url=https://seacabaronlasgambas.blogspot.com/2014/07/exclusiva-toda-la-verdad-sobre-pablo.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Se Acabaron las Gambas}} Bruce Barber,{{cite web |url=http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/mediaarts/faculty/brucebarber.aspx |title=Bruce Barber at NSCAD |access-date=2017-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307010446/http://nscad.ca/en/home/academicprograms/mediaarts/faculty/brucebarber.aspx |archive-date=2017-03-07 |url-status=dead }} and Duane Rousselle.
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References
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Further reading
- MacLaughlin, Nina (10 April 2003) [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002013/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02824838.htm "Going the distance"]. The Phoenix.
External links
- [http://www.egs.edu/ European Graduate School]
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1994