European Graduate School

The European Graduate School was founded in 1994 in Saas-Fee, Switzerland by the Swiss scientist, artist, and therapist, Paolo Knill.^[2][3] It was co-founded by the Swiss Canton of Valais, which is represented in its board.^[4] 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.^[5][6] A division of Media and Communication (later renamed Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought) was established in 1998 by Wolfgang Schirmacher.^[2][7][8]

EGS is licensed as a university in Malta^[9] and is recognized in the Swiss canton where it operates,^[10] but is not recognized by the Swiss University Conference, the main regulatory body for universities in Switzerland.^[11] Teaching is mostly remote, with required attendance for short periods at the school; ad hoc meetings in various cities also take place.^[12]

Notable faculty members have included:

• Giorgio Agamben,^[13]
• Chantal Akerman,^[14]
• Isabelle Alfandary^[15]
• Pierre Alféri^[16]
• Alain Badiou
• Jean Baudrillard^[17]
• Judith Butler^[18]
• Claire Denis
• Jacques Derrida
• Bracha Ettinger
• Donna Haraway
• Catherine Malabou
• Achille Mbembe^[18]
• Jean-Luc Nancy
• Jacques Rancière^[19]
• Avital Ronell^[18]
• Sandy Stone^[20]
• Paul Virilio
• Sha Xin Wei
• Slavoj Žižek
• Alenka Zupančič

Notable alumni and attendees have included:

• Bruce Barber^[21]
• Gael García Bernal^[22]
• Pablo Iglesias Turrión^[23][24]
• Lara Khaldi^[25]
• John Maus^[26]
• Ariana Reines^[27]
• Duane Rousselle^[28]
• Kathy Slade^[29]
• Micah White^[30]

• Global Center for Advanced Studies