Jocasta Classical Reception Greece

Newsletter

YEAR 1 Issue 2 – July 2016

1. Our new members

The Jocasta Network is pleased to extend a warm welcome to the new individual members: Olakunbi Olasope, Department of Classics,

University of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Kalliopi Voulgari, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras (Greece)

Andriana Domouzi, Department of Classic, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)

Marimel Chrissi, Department of Music Studies, University of Athens (Greece)

Antonia Pitsilou, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras (Greece)

Angeliki Syrkou, Department of Philology, University of Patras (Greece)

Nikitas Paterakis, Université de Lille (Lille 3) / Université de Lyon (Lyon 1) (France); National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)

Nikos Falagkas, Department of Philology, University of Patras (Greece)

Maciej Junkiert, Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznao (Poland)

Effie Zagari, Classics Department, University of Reading (UK)

Catherine Psilakis, Department of Philology, (Savoirs, Textes et Langage UMPR 8163), Université de Lille (Lille 3) / Université de Lyon (Lyon 1) (France)

In this issue

Jocasta Network:

New Members

News: Recent

Performances

Recent Events

Conferences

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2. News

Recent Performances (2016)

Οι Έρημοι: Κασσάνδρα-Φιλοκτήτης [Deserts: Cassandra-Philoctetes], ςκην. Σοφία Σταυρακάκη [dir. Sofia Stavrakaki], ΘΕ.ΑΜ.Α (Θέατρο Ατόμων με Αναπηρία) [THE.AM.A. (Theatre for People with Disabilities)] (2016).

Φαρμακεφτρια του Θεόκριτου [Theocritus’ Pharmakeutria], ςκην. Βάςια Βαςιλείου [dir. Vasia Vasiliou], Από Μηχανήσ Θέατρο *Apo Mihanis Theatro] (2016).

Sophocles’ Antigone, dir. Theodora Voutsa, TVP Foundation (2016).

Clytemnestra: Tangled Justice, dir. Rush Rehm, Stanford Repertory Theater (SRT) (2016). For more info view here.

Additional information (interviews, reviews, trailers etc) can be viewed here.

3. Events in 2016

Ancient Greek Tragedy in THE.AM.A

Director/actor Vassilis Oikonomou and theatrologist/actor Panos Zournatzidis were invited to the class on the Reception of Ancient Greek Drama (University of Patras, Greece) on Wednesday 30 March 2016 and lectured on “Ancient Greek Tragedy in THE.AM.A (Theatre for People with Disabilities)”. During the lecture they explained how Ancient Greek Tragedy and modern adaptations may provide the inspiration and the means to articulate and negotiate issues related to the daily life and the rights of people with disabilities within and outside the theatre scene.

Jocasta Classical Reception

Greece Newsletter

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Classical Reception Greece

Editor:

Gesthimani Seferiadi

Copy and Layout Editor:

Alexandros Velaoras

Photos:

Alexandros Frantzis,

Marietta Kotsafti

Jocasta Classical Reception

Greece

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Department of Philology, Faculty of Humanities & Social

Sciences, University of Patras,

University Campus, Rio Patras 265 04, Greece

Tel.: +30 2610 969323 e-mail: jocasta@upatras.gr

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The Bacchae in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Director Sotiris Karamesinis was invited to the class on the Reception of Ancient Greek Drama (University of Patras, Greece) on Wednesday 4 April 2016 and lectured on ”The Bacchae in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro”. The director referred to the special relationship that actors in Rio de Janeiro share with Ancient Greek Tragedy in general and the preparation of his performance of The Bacchae in particular.

Thucydides from Page to Stage

A lecture and discussion with Professor Spyridon Rangos followed by a workshop by director and theatrologist Georgina Kakoudaki was held on Wednesday 11 May 2016 during the class on the Reception of Ancient Greek Drama (University of Patras, Greece).

Recently there has been a renewed interest in the re-reading of Thucydides’ History of The Peloponnesian War in relation with today’s society. Thucydides’ work seems to be all the more relevant for the negotiation of contemporary societal problems and the uprising crises. In this respect, Prof. Rangos’s lecture entitled “Τὰ γενόμενα καὶ αἰεὶ ἐσόμενα: Thucydides on the consequences of a crisis” explored Thucydides’ work form the angle of the crisis.

Director and theatrologist Georgina Kakoudaki, who has over the years developed a special interest in the

theatre for teens, the adaptation of classical drama for the stage and site-specific performances, conducted a workshop entitled “Δημόσιον σῆμα: History through the Narrative of the Polis”. The workshop explored how Pericles’ Funeral Oration can be re-addressed in a peripatetic theatre performance articulating and being articulated by the polis.

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4. Conferences (2016)

1st Postgraduate Symposium in Classical Reception

Jocasta Classical Reception Greece organised the 1st Postgraduate Symposium in Classical Reception, entitled “Continuities and Discontinuities in Classical Reception”, which was held on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May 2016 at the Department of

Philology, University of Patras, Greece. Postgraduate students and PhD candidates from the Universities of Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Ioannina, the Ionian University (Greece) and the University of Reading and Royal Holloway (UK) participated in the symposium with papers on a wide range of aspects of this year’s theme. The symposium, co-organised by Efstathia Athanasopoulou, Gesthimani Seferiadi and Alexandros Velaoras, also featured George Kazantzidis, Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Patras, with his speech “‘Quis furor iste novus?’ (Dis)continuities in the history of madness and melancholy”.

The symposium was concluded with the premiere of the performance Deserts: Cassandra-Philoctetes by THE.AM.A. (Theatre for People with Disabilities).

The full programme of the symposium is available here (in Greek).

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International Conference on Classical Reception and the Human

Jocasta Classical Reception Greece organised an International Conference which sought to explore the interrelatedness of Classical Reception and the Human. The Conference, co-organised by Efimia Karakantza and Efstathia Athanasopoulou, was held at the Conference and Cultural Centre of the University of Patras, Greece on 10-12 June 2016. It featured keynote speeches by Edith Hall (King’s College London, UK); Charles Martindale (Universities of Bristol and York, UK) and Lorna Hardwick (Open University, UK) and a theatrical workshop by Georgina Kakoudaki. The full programme of the conference and the abstracts of all speeches are available here.

Best regards, Gesthimani Seferiadi Jocasta Network Administrator