About ESSE: what we do
ESSE was created in Rome in
January 1990.
The Society is a European federation of national higher
educational associations
for the study
of English. The Society endeavours to reflect the cultural and
geographical diversity of Europe in its institutions.
The aim of the Society is to advance the education of the
public by promoting the European study and understanding of English
languages, literatures in English and cultures of English-speaking
peoples.
The Society endeavours:
To arrange regular
conferences for those researching and
teaching English languages, literatures in English and cultures of
English-speaking peoples in Europe. eight have been held, ESSE-1 in
Norwich,
1991,
ESSE-2 in Bordeaux, 1993, ESSE-3 in Glasgow, 1995, ESSE-4 in Debrecen,
1997, ESSE-5 in Helsinki,
2000, ESSE-6 in
Strasbourg, 2002, ESSE-7 in Zaragoza, 2004, and ESSE-8 in London, 2006.
The next one, ESSE-9, will be held in Aarhus, Denmark,
from 22
August to 26 August, 2008.
To foster research-networks
in specialist topics which
will
bring together higher education teachers, scholars and writers and
facilitate intellectual cooperation. A scholarly journal, the European
Journal of English Studies (EJES),
is
published in cooperation with Routledge.
To provide an information
network, in the form of a
newsletter (The Messenger),
about
matters related to English studies in Europe, such as curriculum
developments, national conferences, specialised research projects. The
Messenger
has also initiated the publication of supplements to its
regular
newsletter, beginning with the report from the Berlin
meeting on Resources for Scholarship in Eastern Europe,
which can be downloaded in pdf format. Jan Rusiecki's report on Postgraduate
Studies in Europe, can also be downloaded here in pdf format. More
recently, Martin A. Kayman's A
Survey of English
Studies in Europe at the Turn of the Century was published in the
Spring 2005 issue of The Messenger.
In case you cannot read the pdf format, click here to
download the free programme Adobe Reader.
To provide information which
will facilitate faculty
and
student exchanges under international cooperation programmes,
especially those of the European Union.
ESSE offers a bursary
scheme to help
support young academics.
ESSE
also awards prizes to
books about
English studies. The first ESSE Book
Prizes were awarded on 2nd September 2006 in London.
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The President's Column
The most recent "President's Column" - published in the 2007 Spring
issue of The Messenger (issue 16.1) - can
be downloaded in either pdf format
or Word® format.
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