Colloquium
“Politics of Violence and Politics of Life in Ancient Theatre:
From the classical fifth century BC to the twenty-first century AC”
Dedicated to Chara Bakonikola.
1-3 November 2023
Central Building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Amphitheatre at the Library of the School of Philosophy NKUA, Athens, Greece.
The Conference “Politics of Violence and Politics of Life in Ancient Theatre: From the classical fifth century BC to the twenty-first century AC”, dedicated to Chara Bakonikola (1948-2022), was co-organized by the Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, with collaborating institutions the Centre for Ancient Rhetoric and Drama (Department of Philology, University of Peloponnese) and the Laboratory of Ancient Drama and Theatre Research (Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). 42 senior and junior researchers, philologists and theatrologists, from 18 different Departments and 15 different university institutions, plus 2 directors of the contemporary theatre stage, investigated, based on different critical approaches and case studies, the issue of political violence and/or biopolitics in ancient, tragic and comic, drama, as well as in its re-enactment by the modern and contemporary ancient-themed playwrighting and theatre practice. The Conference was attended by a large audience of students, researchers and theatre lovers, who developed a fruitful dialogue with the participants.
Scientific Committee
Kaiti Diamantakou – Varvara Georgopoulou – Andreas G. Markantonatos –
Giorgos P. Pefanis – Ioanna Remediaki
Organizational Committee
Nikos A. Koukis (President H.F.C.) –Giorgos P. Pefanis (President D.Th.S.) – Michaela Antoniou – Kaiti Diamantakou– Varvara Georgopoulou– Maria Georgousi – Despoina Kosmopoulou – Αndreas G. Markantonatos – Thalia Bousiopoulou
Artistic Team
Stamatiki Aggelopoulou – Maria Argyrou (directing and dramaturgical coordination of the whole performance) – Despoina Giannopoulou – Εva Gadri– Aggeliki Karafotia – Niki Konteli – Ifigeneia Lekka – Zoe-Pege Mastroperrou –Athina Michalopoulou– Desiana Bardi – Katerina Stathopoulou – Polytimi Tsatsarounou – Mina Fardi
Support Team
Stamatiki Aggelopoulou – Hera Alifrangi – Despoina Giannopoulou – Sousanna Gougoula – Manos Damaskinos – Maria-Christina Dimitriou – Chrysoula Karantzi – Aggeliki Karafotia –Antonis Kasimatis – Zoe-Pege Mastroperrou – Athina Michalopoulou (chief of the team) – Aggeliki Ntoufa – Dimitris Panagiotopoulos –Eleni Maria Papadopoulou –Vivian Stournara – Mina Fardi
Conference Recording - Montage
Thanassis Chalkias – Nikolas Kladis – Ismene Sakellaropoulou
