Τhe Reception of Ibsen in Greece: Gendered Perspectives and Translational Approaches

The Norwegian Institute at Athens, in collaboration with the Centre for Gender Research

(University of Oslo), invites you to the presentation of the book

Τhe Reception of Ibsen in Greece: Gendered Perspectives and

Translational Approaches

By Prof. Anna Stavrakopoulou (Professor, School of Drama, Faculty of Fine Arts ,Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Program

 Introduction 

Prof. Jorunn Økland (University of Oslo)

Speakers

Prof. Anna Stavrakopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Dr. Maria Sehopoulou (Hellenic Open University)

Biography

Anna Stavrakopoulou studied philology at the University of Crete (1981-1985) and theatre at Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle (DEA, 1986 - Institut d’Etudes Théâtrales) and at Harvard University (PhD, 1994). She taught at New York University, at the University of Bosporus in Istanbul (where she initiated courses on ancient and modern Greek, with the support of the Onassis Foundation) and at Harvard University (1996-1999). She served as Deputy Executive Director of the Onassis Foundation (USA) (1999-2001) and taught as a visiting professor at Yale and the University of Crete (2001-2002). She has been teaching history and theory of theatre at the Drama Department (AUTH) since 2003. Furthermore, she is a founding member and part of the faculty team of Harvard Summer Program in Greece (which has been in operation from 2002 to the present) and has served as Associate Director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies-Greece (2010-2018). She has received grants from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, Ilex Foundation and Bogliasco Foundation. She has served as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors at the National Theatre of Northern Greece (2011-2013). Recently, she served as Program Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (2018-2021).

Jorunn Økland is a professor of interdisciplinary Gender Studies in the Humanities at the University of Oslo, and former Director of the Norwegian Institute. 

Maria Sehopoulou is a member of the Teaching Staff at the Hellenic Open University, in the Postgraduate Program 'Performing Arts'.