Essays Beyond Borders

<< Objectives >>The EBB objectives are to:- promote essayistic writing as a tool for civic engagement and active citizenship;- strengthen the participants’ critical and creative thinking skills;- encourage participants to develop their voice through self-reflective writing based on individual experience;- provide participants with ways of thinking about and addressing the effects of climate change; and- conduct and disseminate research on the contemporary uses of the essay in democratic societies.<< Implementation >>EBB will conduct the following activities:- A minimum of 28 essay-writing workshop series, ranging from 3 to 18 hours of contact time each, in Malta, Italy, Belgium, Slovenia and the Netherlands;- Writing workshops for 280-350 participants, including post-secondary and tertiary students as well as members of the public;- An intensive Easter School for for 40-100 scholars, writers and postgraduate students;- Disseminate research on the essay through open source publications.<< Results >>EBB will:- Introduce participants to various essayistic writing skills through workshop series;- Improve the participants' ability to actively engage with public issues through essayistic writing;- Strengthen the participants' writing, specifically in terms of voice, self-reflection and civic engagement; - Provide teachers and lecturers with pedagogic material on essay-writing;- Innovative Research on the impact of the writing workshops; - Disseminate Open Access research.