Athanasios Blesios is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of the Peloponnese and has served as Chair of the Department of Theatre Studies since 2023.

He served as Vice Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of the Peloponnese from 2018 to 2019.

His areas of expertise are Modern Greek Theatre and Modern Greek Literature. He teaches courses in Modern Greek and World Theatre at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has also taught courses in his fields of specialization, as well as Greek Cinema, at the University of Patras, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Hellenic Open University.

Professor Blesios regularly participates in academic appointment and promotion procedures at Greek universities as a member of electoral bodies and evaluation committees. He supervises and evaluates undergraduate and postgraduate research projects and doctoral dissertations.

He is the author of eight scholarly monographs and collected studies and has published more than fifty scholarly studies and articles in the fields of Theatre Studies, Modern Greek Literature, and Greek Cinema in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings. He has presented papers at numerous national and international conferences and academic events in Greek, French, and English.

Selected Publications

1. Studies in Modern Greek Dramaturgy: From Chortatsis to Kampanellis. Athens: Papazisis, 2007; 2nd ed. 2011.
2. State, Society and Nation in Modern Greek Literature, 1890–1930. Athens: Sokolis, 2008.
3. The Dramatic Works of D. K. Vyzantios. Athens: Papazisis, 2010.
4. Besoins alimentaires, festivité et communication dans la dramaturgie grecque du 20ème et 21ème siècle. Saabrücken (Deutschland / Allemagne): Editions Universitaires Européennes, 2016.
5. Le “théâtre d’idées” en Grèce de 1895 à 1922 (The “Theatre of Ideas” in Greece from 1895 to 1922). Athens: S. Saripolos Library Series 134, Faculty of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2019.
6. Studies in Cretan Theatre and Cretan Literature. Modern and Contemporary Thematic Extensions. Athens: Papazisis, 2020.
7. Ancient Myths in Modern Greek Dramaturgy: The Trojan Cycle and the Theban Cycle. Athens: Grigoris, 2021.
8. State, Politics and Society in Greek Dramaturgy from 1830 to 1967. Athens: Papazisis, 2024.

Academic Field

Modern Greek and Comparative Dramaturgy in Relation to Literature (Government Gazette 1262/G/02.06.2021).