Department of Theatre Studies

Panagiotis Michalopoulos

Assistant Professor

Office 916, 9th floor, School of Philosophy

Phone: 210-7277549

E-mail: pmichalop[at]theatre.uoa[dot]gr

Panagiotis Michalopoulos received a B.A. and an M.Phil. in Theatre Studies from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) and completed his postgraduate studies at the same university, receiving a D.Phil.

He joined the Department in 2020 as Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies, having previously taught at University of Athens and at University of Peloponnese, as well as at a private drama school.

He has participated in a scientific project of Academy of Athens about dramaturg Georgios Chortatsis. He has also collaborated with many Greek subsidized theatres.

He has participated in several conferences; he has published a monograph, as well as many articles and essays in scientific journals and collective volumes.

His research focuses principally on Modern Greek theatre of the 20th century, performance studies, theatre directing, as well as politics in performance and theatre as a site of social engagement.

Books

• Panagiotis Michalopoulos, The National Theatre of Greece 1940-1950. Management, Performances and the Director’s Institution, Kapa Publishing House, Athens 2018.
• Panagiotis Michalopoulos (ed.), 30 years ‘Praxi’. Theatre Odou Kefallinias 1987-2017, Athens 2016.

Articles (Selection)

• “Echoes of the Greek Civil War on the National Theatre of Greece (1946-1949)”, Alexia Alrouva – Kaiti Diamantakou (eds.) Theatre and Democracy, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2018, p. 131-138.
• “Epitrepontes by Amphi-Theatre: a Colorful Painting. Contribution to the Study of the Theatre Directing Work of Spyros A. Evangelatos”, Gogo K. Varzelioti – Platon Mavromoustakos (eds.), Scene and Amphitheatre, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2018, p. 99-110.
• “The National Theatre of Greece during the Occupation (1941-1944)”, Alexia Altouva – Maria Sehopoulou (eds.), Global Theatre: Performance – Dramaturgy – Theory. Dedicated to the 300 years from the Birth of Denis Diderot, Conference Proceedings with Foreword and Introduction by Anna Tabaki, Athens 2017, p. 125-134.
• “Trends of Modernization in the National Theatre of Greece after the Second World War (1945-1946)”, Gogo K. Varzelioti (ed.), From the Land of Texts to the Kingdom of the Stage, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2014, p. 229-234.
• “Georgios Mormoris’ Aminta and its Model”, Parabasis, Scientific Bulletin of the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Ergo Editions, Athens 2002, p. 253-271.