Subject: Re: EGS Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:10:34 -0600 (CST) From: Diane Davis <ddd-AT-mail.utexas.edu> Hi, Lydia. I'm getting a second Ph.D. from EGS, and i think it's as exciting as it sounds, yes. It's not just for visual artists--I'm more interested in the philosophy. Over the past two years, i've studied with Avital Ronell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Wolfgang Schiermacher, Slovoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Samuel Weber, Yve-Alain Bois, Chris Fynsk, Giorgio Agamben, John Waters....etc. The big deal is that you must be highly self-motivated because you don't get a lot of time with these folks. You have to be READY when the time comes, prepped, exploding with your questions. But if one is sufficiently prepped for the intensive summer seminars, the whole thing is quite amazing. I believe Wolfgang Schiermacher came up with the idea for this unique school and approached Lyotard with the plan. Lyotard was totally into it and gave it his full support--from what i understand, they worked together to get it off the ground. It was approved as a legit operation just before L died, so he lived long enough to know they had succeeded. The summer seminars are held in Saas-Fee, Switzerland--high up in the alps where Nietzsche strolled... The setting is breathtaking, sublime, and the air is so clean that Avital Ronell once said it felt as if it was giving you a blood transfusion. If you're at all interested in this unique experience, i'd write to Wolfgang (schirmaw-AT-egs.edu)--he's the director and the dean of the communications school. But let me know if i can tell you anything else. best, ddd Quoting Lydia Perovich <fauxprophete-AT-hotmail.com>: > Can anybody tell me more about the European Graduate School > (http://www.egs.edu)? Is it only for visual artists? Is it as exciting > as > it sounds? What role did Lyotard play in its founding? Etc. Merci, > > L > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > ____________________________________________ Dr. Diane Davis Division of Rhetoric and Composition Department of English University of Texas at Austin PARLIN 19 (512-471-8735) Austin TX 78712-1122 ddd-AT-mail.utexas.edu http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~davis
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