The European Graduate School (EGS) is a private graduate school that operates in two locations: Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Valletta, Malta.
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History
The European Graduate School was founded in 1994 in Saas-Fee, Switzerland by the Swiss scientist, artist, and therapist, Paolo Knill. It was co-founded by the Swiss Canton of Valais, which is represented in its board. 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. A division of Media and Communication (later renamed Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought) was established in 1998 by Wolfgang Schirmacher.
EGS is licensed as a university in Malta and is recognized in the Swiss canton where it operates, but is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland. Teaching is mostly remote, with required attendance for short periods at the school; ad hoc meetings in various cities also take place.
Notable faculty
Notable faculty members have included:
Giorgio Agamben,
Chantal Akerman,
Isabelle Alfandary
Pierre Alféri
Alain Badiou
Jean Baudrillard
Judith Butler
Claire Denis
Jacques Derrida
Bracha Ettinger
Donna Haraway
Catherine Malabou
Achille Mbembe
Jean-Luc Nancy
Jacques Rancière
Avital Ronell
Sandy Stone
Paul Virilio
Sha Xin Wei
Slavoj Žižek
Alenka Zupančič
Notable alumni
Notable alumni and attendees have included:
Bruce Barber
Gael García Bernal
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
Lara Khaldi
John Maus
Ariana Reines
Duane Rousselle
Kathy Slade
Micah White