Communication
Ringacker
Leuk-Stadt, CH-3953 Switzerland
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info@egs.edu
Phone: 011+41-27-474-9917
Fax: 011+41-27-474-9969
Description:
The English language programs favor an interdisciplinary approach which
deals critically with all forms of media and are designed for students who
strive to be theorists as well as creators. A combination of Internet-based
learning and limited summer residencies in Saas-Fee (Switzerland) is
especially suited to the needs of professionals regardless of where they
live. Current faculty includes Chantal Akerman, Alain Badiou, Jean
Baudrillard, Yves-Alain Bois, Christopher Fynsk, Peter Greenaway, Donna
Haraway, David Lynch, Carl Mitcham, Jean-Luc Nancy, Avital Ronell, Wolfgang
Schirmacher, DJ Spooky, Sandy Stone, Gregory Ulmer, John Waters, Samuel
Weber, and Slavoj Zizek.
Degree(s):
M.A. in Communication
Ph.D. in Communication
Research Areas:
Media Philosophy;Film Studies;European Cinema;Critical Communication
Theory;Comparative Media Studies;Art in the Age of Media;Cinematic Art and
New Media;Audiovisual History;Postmodern Media Culture;Media Psychology;The
Body in Cyberspace;Cyborgs and Posthumanism;Ethics of Technology;Postmodern
Film;Media Politics;Postmodern Aesthetics;Film and Art;Pop Culture and
Political Fantasies;Science Fiction in Literature and Film;Time and Space in
Electronic Communication;Artificial Life;Hypermedia and
Cyberspace;Postmodern Film;Trash Culture and Mockumentaries;Language in
Cyberspace;Media Politics;Media Activism and Art;Anthropology and
Technology;Global Media and Multiculturalism;Identity in the Digital
World;Interface of Nature and Culture;Gender and Media;Media and
Technology;Nietzsche and Culture after Nihilism;Video Art;Technoscience and
Technoculture;Visual Language Project;Cinema of the 21st Century;Postmodern
Philosophy and Deconstruction;New Media Studies
European Graduate School EGS
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Graduate and Post-Graduate Programs in Media and Communication
EGS Prof.W.Schirmacher
158 East 7th St # C 5
New York, NY 10009 USA
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send E-mail to:
schirmaw@egs.edu
Phone: 1-212-254 5267
Fax: 1-646-349 2838
Description:
The English language M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication programs favor an
interdisciplinary approach which deals critically with all forms of media.
These innovative programs are designed for students who strive to be
theorists as well as creators. A combination of Internet-based learning and
intensive summer residencies in Saas-Fee (Switzerland) is especially suited
to the needs of professionals regardless of where they live.
Continuous tutorials with a faculty advisor are offered during the academic
year at local sites such as New York and Hamburg as well as via the
Internet. Current faculty includes Chantal Akerman, Alain Badiou, Jean
Baudrillard, Yve-Alain Bois, Peter Greenaway, Donna Haraway, David Lynch,
Jean-Luc Nancy, Avital Ronell, John Waters, Samuel Weber, and Slavoj Zizek.
Degree(s):
M.A.- Communication;
Ph.D. - Communication
Research Areas:
Media Philosophy; Film Studies; European Cinema; Critical Communication
Theory; Comparative Media Studies; Art in the Age of Media; Cinematic Art
and New Media; Audiovisual History; Postmodern Media Culture; Media
Psychology; The Body in Cyberspace; Cyborgs and Posthumanism; Ethics of
Technology; Postmodern Film; Media Politics; Postmodern Aesthetics; Film and
Art; Pop Culture and Political Fantasies; Science Fiction in Literature and
Film; Time and Space in Electronic Communication; Artificial Life;
Hypermedia and Cyberspace; Postmodern Film; Trash Culture and Mockumentaries;
Language in Cyberspace; Media Politics; Media Activism and Art; Anthropology
and Technology; Global Media and Multiculturalism; Identity in the Digital
World; Interface of Nature and Culture; Gender and Media; Media and
Technology; Nietzsche; Video Art; Technoscience and Technoculture; Visual
Language Project; Cinema of the 21st Century; Postmodern Philosophy and
Deconstruction; New Media Studies
