Dr. Ziropoulou Constantina
Asst. Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras.
Her research interests include modern drama and theatre as well as the reception of ancient Greek drama in modern times.
She studied Classics at the University of Athens (BA). She received her M.A. in Modern European Theatre from the University of Essex (Great Britain). She also holds an MPhil in modern Greek Theatre from the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Athens.
At the University PARIS III, Sorbonne Nouvelle she attended the Theatre Studies Program (Études Théâtrales) as a scholar in the context of the Erasmus program. She holds a Phd degree from the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessalonica with a specialization in postwar and contemporary Greek Theatre.
She has published two books (Γιώργος Σεβαστίκογλου: Μαχητής του θεάτρου και της ζωής, 2016• Το Θέατρο του Ανδρέα Στάικου.στοιχεία Ποιητικής, 2019) on modern Greek theatre, she has participated in numerous national and international theatre congresses and she has published articles in theatre journals and collective theatre volumes. She is a member of the International Playwrights Forum of the ITI since 2010 and has been a member of the board of directors of the Hellenic Centre of the I.T.I. (2004-2010).
She has worked as a theatre scientist at the Hellenic Theatre Museum and Study Centre of the Greek Theatre. She has taught a variety of theatre courses at the Theatre departments of the Aristotle University of Thessalonica, the University of Peloponnese, the Hellenic Open University and the postgraduate Theatre Program of the Open University of Cyprus. For over a decade, she is also a Professor of Dramaturgy at the Athens Conservatory for Dramatic Art.