European Graduate School
Founded in 1994, EGS offers degree programs, as well as Professional Development, for practicing professionals on a Graduate and Post-Graduate level. Its uniquely dynamic academic setting in its campus in Saas-Fee high up in the Swiss Alps - allows a creative encounter with the foremost practitioners and thinkers in Expressive Arts (Therapy, Education, Coaching, Consulting, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding) and in Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought (Architecture, Art, Contemporary Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Film, Literary Theory, Literature, Media Studies, Performance Art, Photography, and Video).
Information Session
Do you want to know more about our programs? We offer an expressive arts-based online encounter to learn more about our division and what is new.
Dare to ask, dare to listen, dare to create, dare to be who you are - let’s meet.
Dates 2024
October 25 Information Session : 3.30pm- 5.00 pm CET
November 29 Experiential Information Session*:
3.30pm- 6.00pm CET
Dates 2025
January 31 Information Session: 3.30pm - 5.00pm CET
February 28 Experiential Information Session*:
3.30pm- 6.00pm CET
March 28 Information Session: 3.30pm - 5.00pm CET
*Experiential information session: during this session we will spend some time reviewing general information and questions of the programs during the first 30 min and then we will prioritize offering participants an expressive arts based exploration so participants can have an experiential experience of Expressive arts in action. Please during these info sessions we will advise participants to be able to turn on their cameras, to have a comfortable and private space, some basic art materials (paper, pens, colors, glue and scissors) as well as have the interest to connect with other participants for this experiential.
If you want to join, please send us a message with your name and interest (administration@egs.edu).
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Online lecture with Dr. Patricia Leavy The Power, Possibility, and Promise of Arts-Based Research and Social Fiction
In this presentation Dr. Patricia Leavy explains how she came to arts-based research (ABR), the limitations of traditional academic writing, the nature and strengths of ABR. She further reviews the practice of social fiction; a term she coined and practice she has helped legitimate around the world. This review will include brief discussion of the neuroscience of how we experience literature and the history of scholars adapting literary forms. She will discuss a few of her novels as examples. The presentation concludes with a review of the promise ABR and social fiction hold for the research community. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A. Dr. Patricia Leavy is an award-winning, best-selling author. She was formerly Associate Professor of Sociology, Chairperson of Sociology & Criminology, and Founding Director of Gender Studies at Stonehill College. She has published more than forty books; her work has been translated into many languages, and she has received more than one hundred book honors including USA Best Book Awards, Independent Press Awards, International Impact Book Awards, National Indie Excellence Awards, Firebird Book Awards, International Book Awards, New York City Big Book Awards, and American Fiction Awards. She has also received career awards from the New England Sociological Association, the American Creativity Association, the American Educational Research Association, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry,and the National Art Education Association. In 2018, she was honored by the National Women’s Hall of Fame and SUNY-New Paltz established the “Patricia Leavy Award for Art and Social Justice.” She serves on the board of the London Arts-Based Research Centre.
Day: Saturday November 9th
Time: 330pm 445 pm CET
Tuition: 68 CHF
Summer Session 2025
Session 1
From June 9th (Session 1 starts at 9am) to - June 29th (Session 1 ends at 10pm)
MA Master Programs in:
Expressive Arts Therapy
Coaching and Consulting
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Expressive Arts Master Exams
MA Graduation Ceremony June 28th
Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts
Qualifying phase of the PhD Program (First year, IMC 1)
Professional Development in Expressive Arts Digital Arts and Media Module KS
From June 15th to June 29th :
Professional Development in Expressive Arts Practice Module A-P
Session 2
From July 8th (Session 2 starts at 9am)to – July 28th (Session 2 ends at 10pm
MA Master Programs in:
Expressive Arts Therapy
Coaching and Consulting
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts
Qualifying phase of the PhD Program (Second year, IMC 2)
News
The European Graduate School (EGS) will undergo a comprehensive evaluation visit (August 18th to 21st, 2024), by a team representing the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, NEASC)
Please read the Invitation for Public Comments here.
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We are concerned about rising tensions in our society. Therefore, we want to state that the EGS firmly upholds the value of academic freedom in study, research, and publication, both at the professorial and student levels and the importance of the comportment required for this commitment.
Please find here the complete statement of the Executive Committee regarding academic freedom and comportment. (June 2024)
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Here you can find our latest Newsletter
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Überschrift 1
New Publications
POIESIS Journal
A Journal of the Arts and Communication Next Steps, Next Beginnings: Volume 21, 2024
A Journal of the Arts & Communication
The 2024 POIESIS journal explores this topic through essays, images and poems. A PDF of the journal is available here