European Graduate School
Founded in 1994, EGS offers degree programs, as well as continuing education, 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).
Meet the Dean and the Progam Director of AHS
Do you want to know more about our programs and continuing education? 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.
Margo Fuchs Knill and José Miguel Calderon will share with you who is behind the website / what is between the lines and what you
cannot find on our website.
When: Every last Friday of the month (except during the EXA introduction courses).
Dates:
Friday October 29, 2021
Friday November 26, 2021
Friday December 17, 2021
Friday February 25, 2022
Friday April 29, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
3.30 - 5pm Swiss time
Apply by email to our EGS office and tell us in one sentence about your interests
Student Activities
Your Studies are Guaranteed
An update on handling the pandemic during the academic year 2021.
You will find the document in Downloads under General information: EGS Information Summer School 2021
Online Introductory Courses 2022
Introductory Courses in Expressive Arts:
Dates:
Friday January 28 - Sunday January 30, 2022
Friday March 25 - Sunday March 27, 2022
Arts Based Writers & Research Colloquim Online
Online Zoom
November 15-21 2021
From Tuesday to Sunday, every day at 14:00pm until 17:00pm.
Summer School 2022
SUMMER SCHOOL 2022 - PERIOD 1:
From June 12 to July 4, 2022
Masters program in Expressive Arts (Therapy, coaching and consulting, conflict
transformation and peacebuilding):
- Expressive Arts Masters Exams E from June 12 to July 1, 2022
- Expressive Arts digital arts and media KS from June 12 to July 4, 2022
- Expressive Arts practice A-P from June 23 to July 4, 2022
Doctoral program Expressive Arts (CAGS 1st year IMC-1) from June 12 to July 4, 2022
SUMMER SCHOOL 2022 - PERIOD 2:
From July 10 to August 1, 2022
Masters program in Expressive Arts (Therapy, coaching and consulting, conflict transformation and peacebuilding):
- Expressive Arts methods, Interdisciplinary approach P
- Philosophical and Aesthetic Foundation, Interdisciplinary approach D
- Doctoral program Expressive Arts (CAGS 2nd year - IMC-2)
Poiesis Symposium
Throughout the year, The European Graduate School presents a series of online symposia on topics in the expressive arts.
Decolonization and the Expressive Arts; Pandemic, Pandemonium, Poiesis: Expressive Arts in a Time of Chaos; Ecopoiesis; Arts Based Research, Expressive Arts in the World, are some of the themes that will be explored.
Link to one of the past symposia:
https://www.exasymposium2020.com
You can find more information on upcoming events on our social media:
The event will be held with the Zoom Platform and live on our Facebook page.
New Publications
Poetry in Expressive Arts: Supporting Resilience through Poetic Writing
Margo Fuchs Knill
Sally Atknis
Foreword by Shaun McNiff
POIESIS Journal
A Journal of the Arts and Communication Evolution/Revolution: New Directions in Expressive Arts, Volume 18, 2021 A PDF of the journal is available here.
Continuing Education
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
From June 12 to July 4, 2022
EXPRESSIVE ARTS DIGITAL ARTS AND MEDIA (CAS) / (KS)
From June 23 to July 4, 2022
EXPRESSIVE ARTS PRACTICE (CAS) / (A-P)
Fall School Malta
Expressive Arts in Global Health
This course offers a blended learning experience divided into two parts.
Part 1:
5 day training on ZOOM in 2021 followed by a 5-session stress management supervised group practicum to be conducted on Zoom
From October 27th, 2021 to November 1st, 2021 (We are working to accommodate the various time zones and hope to provide a west and east cohort group - register to find out more about the schedule)
Part 2:
5 days onsite on Campus Malta in 2022 followed by a 10 session supervised group practice with EXIT live.
Expressive Arts in Transition (EXIT) and Community Ritual: Moving Toward Belonging After Trauma and Displacement Certificate of Practice in Early Intervention (EXIT)
New Alumni Network
Join the EGS Alumni network by clicking here to showcase your current and previous academic/professional life and to reconect with fellow classmates.
If you don't have an egs.edu account, please write to admissions_at_egs.edu