Essays Beyond Borders
Essayistic writing between individual voice and civic engagement
- About Essays BEyond borders
Essays Beyond Borders (EBB) is an Erasmus + funded project dedicated to researching and disseminating the use of essayistic writing to foster civic engagement and enhance critical and creative thinking skills through the essay.
Our objectives include promoting essay writing for civic engagement; strengthening critical and creative thinking; empowering voice and self-reflection; addressing climate change and other environmental matters through the essay; and advancing research on the essay.
We aim to encourage individuals to use essay writing as a platform for active participation in democratic societies and to improve their ability to think critically and creatively about complex issues. The project encourages self-exploration and expression through writing, fostering self-awareness and voice in public contexts.
- AIMS and objectives
Essays Beyond Borders
PROMOTES
essayistic writing as a tool for civic engagement and active citizenship
STRENGTHENS
the participants’ critical and creative thinking skills
ENCOURAGES
participants to develop their voice
PROVIDES
ways of thinking about and addressing the effects of climate change
DISSEMINATES
research on the contemporary uses of the essay in democratic societies
- Upcoming Events
Italy
Slovenia
Netherlands
Malta
- Partner Organisations
University of Malta
Lying at the cross-roads of the Mediterranean, UM has been, over its 400-year history, the hub for international academic exchange on the island. UM is the leading higher education institution in Malta and its structures are in line with the Bologna Process and the European Higher Education area.
University of Pisa
The University of Pisa is a public institution with twenty departments, and high level research centres in the agriculture, astrophysics, computer science, engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine sectors. The University of Pisa was officially established in 1343.
Ghent University
Ghent University is an internationally renowned, open, pluralistic and socially engaged university in Belgium. It is more than 200 years old, offers more than 200 programmes (including 64 English-taught master's programmes) and conducts in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Our credo is 'Dare to Think'.
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, City of Talent. Quality has had top priority for four hundred years, and with success: the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.
Slovene Writers' Association
The Slovene Writers’ Association is a voluntary, independent and non-profit organisation that serves and furthers the professional, social and cultural interests of Slovene writers. The activities of the Association encompass the entire Slovenian cultural space regardless of state borders.
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