Dr. Ziropoulou Constantina
Constantina Ziropoulou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the University of Patras, Greece. She studied Classical Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Theatre Studies (MPhil) at the same university, and continued her theatre studies in the United Kingdom (MA, University of Essex) and France (Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Erasmus Scholar). In 2007, she received her PhD in Theatre Studies from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
She has worked at the Centre for the Study and Research of Greek Theatre – Theatre Museum and has taught at universities in Greece and Cyprus. For many years, she has also collaborated with the Drama School of the Athens Conservatoire and the Hellenic Open University. Her research focuses on modern drama and performance, with particular emphasis on post-war and contemporary dramaturgy, as well as on the reception of ancient Greek drama in modern and contemporary theatre. She is the author of “Γιώργος Σεβαστίκογλου. Αγωνιστής του θεάτρου και της ζωής” (Metaixmio, 2016) and “Το Θέατρο του Ανδρέα Στάικου. Στοιχεία ποιητικής” (Sokolis, 2018). She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and is also a member of the ITI Playwrights’ Forum.