October 22nd – 31st, 2026
DEADLINE TO REGISTER – SEPTEMBER 30th 2026!
Limited Spots Available for this year’s course!
For those working in the intersection of conflict and the arts, it is imperative that we acquire knowledge about how the arts can enhance identity, safety and resilience in communities. This course will explore the different schools within the fields of conflict, as well as highlight various arts-based peacebuilding methods and community engagement techniques.
Spring Symposium Mexico 2027
February 9–14, 2027 | Mexico
Ichilech, Ichilen, K’Muul Kajtal: I exist through you, you exist through me,
together we dwell.
Step into a living tapestry of culture, nature, and creative awakening.
The Expressive Arts Symposium 2027 invites you into an immersive, sensorial journey through the Mayan world, where expressive arts and ancestral wisdom open possibilities for reimagining what it means to be human together—in relationship with land, community, ancestors, and the wider living world.
Registration and information on Symposium:
https://forms.gle/
Sunday, September 20, 2026 — 5:00 pm CEST / 9:00 am CST
Sunday, October 25, 2026 — 5:00 pm CEST / 9:00 am CST
Sunday, November 29, 2026 — 4:00 pm CET / 9:00 am CST
Registration for Poetry Gatherings:
https://forms.gle/
Poetry Gatherings webpage:
https://artesexpresivas-asart.
Yeterince İyi Kolektif
Phenomenological Psychopathology Webinar Series with Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs
Whatever theoretical background mental health professionals come from, they ultimately sit with the unique lived experience of the person in front of them. Phenomenological psychopathology is a research and clinical framework developed at the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry — one that creates space to hear that experience: how a person lives time, what is happening in their body, where their capacity to be with others is under strain, without reducing any of it to diagnoses or symptoms. Rooted in Jaspers’ principle that “psychiatry must first understand, then explain,” this tradition places the transformation of a person’s relationship with the world at its center. As Yeterince İyi Kolektif (Good Enough Collective), we have designed a five-session webinar series in October 2026 to bring this approach, led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs, into dialogue with mental health practice.
About Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs is the Chair of the Karl Jaspers Professorship for Philosophy and Psychiatry at Heidelberg University both a psychiatrist and a philosopher, and one of the most important contemporary figures in the field of phenomenological psychopathology. His work sits at the intersection of philosophy, psychiatry, and neuroscience. He asks how body, time, and relationship are transformed in mental illness, and answers that question with both theoretical depth and clinical precision. His books, translated into many languages, continue to shape psychiatric and psychological practice worldwide. For Fuchs, mental illness is not a brain disorder, it is a transformation in how a person relates to the world. And psychotherapy is the effort to make that relationship possible again.
Registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/
Registration deadline: The early registration period runs until August 15, 2026. Registration ends on October 01, 2026.
Contact & More Information
Organisation: Yeterince İyi Kolektif (Good Enough Collective)
Website: yeterinceiyikolektif.com
Email: yeterinceiyiegitim@gmail.com
Instagram: @yeterinceiyikolektif
Call for Submissions – Poiesis: A Journal of Arts-Based Inquiry
Issue Theme: Power to the Imagination
The theme of the forthcoming issue is Power to the Imagination. The phrase recalls the uprisings in France in May 1968, when students, workers, artists, intellectuals, and others participated in strikes, occupations, and collective refusals of inherited social, political, and institutional forms. We take up the phrase as a provocation for the present: What can imagination do now, through writing, art-making, therapy, education, and arts-based inquiry?
Submission Categories – The issue will include three sections:
● Poetry, creative writing, and visual art
● Essays and reflections responding to the issue theme
● Peer-reviewed research engaging inquiry through the arts
Research submissions may respond directly to the theme, although this is not required. Submissions to the research section will undergo peer review by members of the journal’s newly formed Editorial Board.
Invitation
We invite submissions that approach imagination as a practice of transgression.
Contributions may work through poetry, image, movement, performance, story, field notes, clinical reflection, research, or other forms of inquiry.
We are especially interested in work that asks how the arts can intervene in knowledge, care, therapy, education, community, and social life. We welcome contributions that explore what the arts can know, make, disturb, and transform.
Submissions and Inquiries: Please contact the Co-Editors with submissions or inquiries concerning the forthcoming issue:
Tatjana Jansen: tatjana.jansen@egs.edu
Richard Wainwright: richard.wainwright@egs.edu
Submission deadlines and detailed author guidelines will be announced shortly.
Are you interested in discovering Intermodal Expressive Arts?
We invite you to join our online Introductory Experiential, a space to explore the core components of Intermodal Expressive Arts through both theory and practice.
This 3-hour session offers:
A brief introduction to the methodology and philosophy of Intermodal Expressive Arts
An arts-based, embodied exploration to experience the approach first-hand
Time for reflection and dialogue on how this work supports personal growth, professional development, and academic pathways
This session provides a meaningful introduction to our unique approach to teaching and facilitation.
Whether you are curious about our Master’s, PhD, or Professional Development programs—or simply wish to experience this way of learning—you are welcome.
Dates (choose one):
- November 19, 2026
- February 18, 2027
Time: 16:00–19:00 Central European Time (CET)
To register for a session, please send an email with your name, chosen date, to administration@egs.edu.
Online Information Sessions
We now have dates confirmed for our Information Sessions for the Masters Program, PhD Program, and Professional Development (Continuing Education), with Lucía de Urioste, Student Advisor, and José Miguel Calderón, PhD, Program Director:
- September 29, 2026
- October 27, 2026
- December 8, 2026
- January 26, 2027
- March 16, 2027
If you want to join, please send us a message with your name and interest (administration@egs.edu).
Tune in to the EGS Arts, Health & Society Podcast
The AHS Podcast is your ongoing connection to the EGS community. Right now, we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary with a special series of conversations featuring our pioneer faculty. As we continue to roll out new episodes, you will hear fresh dialogues diving deep into the latest developments, theories, and practices in the Expressive Arts.
Don’t miss out on these inspiring dialogues. Subscribe today on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to get notified whenever a new episode drops!
** Announcements **
The AHS Division warmly congratulates CHUI Shin Han Judy and Eun-Jung Choi on the successful completion and defense of their doctoral dissertations.
Judy’s dissertation, Design a Set of Board Games Using the Framework of Expressive Arts Therapy, introduces an original tabletop role-playing game grounded in Paolo J. Knill’s EXA framework, developed to support the emotional wellbeing of children with Special Educational Needs.
Eun-Jung’s dissertation, Imagining the Tree in Expressive Arts: Therapeutic, Cultural, and Psychological Aspects, weaves phenomenological case study, imaginal research, and the Korean pungnyu tradition into a rich exploration of tree imagery as a practice of poiesis and ecopoiesis. We celebrate their dedication, creativity, and contribution to the field, and warmly welcome them as new Doctors in Expressive Arts.
The AHS accepts applications for Summer Sessions on a rolling basis. To learn more about our academic programs, please click below:
Learn More about Professional Development at EGS
Our alumni are the torchbearers of our institution’s legacy, and it is our mission to create a platform that not only keeps you connected with peers but also offers opportunities for professional development, networking, and personal growth.
We can’t wait to welcome you and build a thriving EGS Alumni Community together. Reach out today and take the first step towards reconnecting with your alma mater and fellow graduates!
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