With great success and extremely large participation, the Symposium entitled Feminicides-Feminicreations: from grim reality to denunciatory creation was held on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at the National Gallery, Alexandros Soutsos Museum-Nafplio Branch, which was organized by the Department of Theater Studies (DTS) of the School of Fine Arts of the University of the Peloponnese (PA.PEL), represented by Dr. Christina A. Oikonomopoulou, Member of the Educational Stuff.

Structured in five parts (scientific announcements, round table, experiential theater workshops, testimonies and perspectives, theatrical lectern), the Symposium had as its main thematic axis of its work and fundamental field of presenting problematic issues the awareness-raising, information, redefinition of acquired perceptions and the fruitful exchange of opinions and experiences on femicide and gender-based violence, both as a tragic reality and as a stake in denunciatory creations in theater, music and the arts.

The Symposium was honored with a greeting, with their active and continuous presence and their key contribution to the events' actions by the Dean of the School of Fine Arts of PA.PEL, Professor Ms. Angeliki Spyropoulou, the President of the TTH, Professor Mr. Athanasios Blesios, Ms. Ekaterini Kastanioti, Professor of the Department of Business Administration and Organizations and President of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of PA.PEL, the Director of the Branch of the National Gallery of Nafplio, Ms. Lambrini Karakourti, the Deputy Mayor of Education and Lifelong Learning of the Municipality of Nafplio, Ms. Angeliki Panagiotakopoulou, Mr. Christos Goumas, Acting Municipal Councilor for Culture, the First Secretary for Political and Economic Affairs of the Embassy of Belgium in Greece Ms. Tina Tindemans, Ms. Ekaterini Tzannetoulakou, Honorary Consul of France in Nafplio, Ms. Ekaterini Gambroula, Psychiatrist, the Commander of the Nafplio Police Department, Deputy Police Director Ms. Areti Demoirou accompanied by Police Officers (women and men) of the Nafplio Domestic Violence Office, Ms. Dimitra Bakrisiori, Lawyer, Mr. Apollon Antonakos, Representative of the student body at the Assembly of the TTH of PA.PEL, and Mr. Vasileios-Raphael Apostolopoulos, President of the Student Association of the TTH of PA.PEL.

In the actions of the Symposium, a multitude of members of the academic community of the University of the Peloponnese and of the University of the Peloponnese in general, as well as other university institutions, actively participated with scientific announcements and coordination of artistic workshops: from the University of the Peloponnese Academic Community, Professor Mr. Christos Kardaras, Assistant Professor Ms. Ioanna Papadopoulou, the members of the Educational Stuff Mrs. Christina Zoniou, Christina A. Oikonomopoulou and Anna Tsichli, from the University of the Peloponnese Academic Community, Assistant Professor Ms. Alexia Altouva, as well as a multitude of bodies from public medical and social structures of Argolida, artists, creators, educators and citizens from all over the Prefecture. The attendance and substantial participation in all the activities of the Symposium of the student audience (undergraduate and postgraduate studies, PhD candidates) of the TTH and in general of the School of Fine Arts of PA.PEL was also very enthusiastic and fervent.

With their substantial presence and informative speeches, the Symposium was honored by two members from the Non-Profit Organization "Become a Human", and more specifically Ms. Alexandra Makou, founding member of "Become a Human" and mother of Garyfallia Psarrakou, and Ms. Stavroula Tzimou, Volunteer of the Organization and senior student of the Law School of the University of Athens. Also particularly important were the presence at the Symposium and the speech of Ms. Céline Delbecq, a Belgian playwright, director and activist, whose play about femicide, Palavomeni, was presented as a Theatrical Lecture with great success by a student audience of the Department of Theater Studies, closing the Symposium, and the key intervention of the artist and activist Georgia Lale.

The material of the Symposium was framed by the kind permission to use images of the painting by the artist Eleni Pavlopoulou, Palingenesis I, and the visual project Lola, speak! by Georgia Lale.

The successful realization of the event owes many thanks to the Organizing Committee of the Symposium, composed of members of the student community of the PA.PEL TTS, to the Secretariat and the technical staff of the PA.PEL TTS for their undivided assistance throughout the preparation of the Symposium, as well as to the sponsors who generously contributed decisively to its material support.

The Department of Theatre Studies sincerely thanks all the participants in this Symposium, which we believe managed through its actions to create a particularly fruitful field for meeting and exchanging views between.

Please find below some pictures of the Symposium: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19IIFqfqEdlGHM8TAMq3YILWSJDEQJHP7?usp=drive_link

 

(29 and 30/05/2026) Conference entitled: "Dramaturgy / Directing: Communication, Interaction, Conflict". This two-day event – the first part of a larger conference exploring the complex relationship between dramaturgy, directing and performance – is dedicated to the official launch of the Department's now institutionalised Streams: Theatre Studies and Interdisciplinary Research, and Theatre and Scenic Arts Directing. Faculty members will discuss with dramaturgs and/or directors, searching for the specific ways in which dramaturgy – in the sense of processing pre-existing material to form a performative event – and directing, as practices and processes, interact to provide the conditions for artistic expression and creation. Participants: Argyris Theos (director of photography and lighting designer), Tasos Koukoutas (dance theorist and dramaturg), Yiannis Leontaris (director and DTS professor), Alexandros Mistriotis (dramaturg and director), Roubini Moschochoriti (director and artistic director of the Municipal and Regional Theatre [DIPETHE] of Roumeli), Konstantinos Dellas (director and researcher), Elena Novakovic (dramaturg and dance researcher), Vassilis Noulas / Kostas Tzimoulis (Nova Melancholia / VASKOS). Coordination: Antonia Vasilakou, Asi Dimitroulopoulou, Christina Zoniou, Yiannis Leontaris, Thanasis Blesios, Natasa Siouzouli, Ioanna Tzartzani and DTS students. Principal Investigator: N. Siouzouli, Assistant Professor.

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE / INVITATION “Revisiting Antiquity in Modern European Literature and the Arts,

How does antiquity engage with contemporary European literature and the arts? In what ways do ancient myths, classical texts, and ancient art reappear, transform, and take on new meanings today? These questions are at the heart of a two-day international SYMPOSIUM entitled:
“Revisiting Antiquity in Modern European Literature and the Arts,”
organized by the European Society for Comparative Literature (ESCL) in collaboration with the Master’s Program in “Creative Writing, Theater, and Cultural Industries” of the Department of Theater Studies, School of Arts  University of the Peloponnese  and the National Library of Greece (NLG,  SNFCC) in Athens, February 20–22, 2026.
Through thematic sessions dedicated to theater, literature, the visual arts, film, dance, and contemporary theory, the speakers of this international symposium will examine the ways in which antiquity continues to inspire contemporary creativity: from new interpretations of ancient tragedies and myths to contemporary literary and artistic reinterpretations of the classical past.
The symposium will bring together scholars and artists from universities and research institutions in Greece, Europe, and the United States.
The proceedings will open with welcoming remarks by the President of the ESCL, Professor Szuszanna Varga (University of Glasgow), and Professor Angeliki Spiropoulou (University of the Peloponnese), Dean of the School of Arts, Member of the ESCL Executive Committee and Director of the Master’s Program in “Creative Writing, Theater, and Cultural Industries.”
A highlight of the symposium will be a poetry reading by Alicia E. Stallings, Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, and one of the most significant contemporary poetic voices in creative dialogue   with antiquity.

Conference Full Program
https://ramelarts.blogspot.com/p/symposium-programme.html

 

 

(04 to 07/07/2025) International Conference | Performing Space 2025. The English-language international conference & workshop series entitled “Performing Space 2025” takes place, for the fourth consecutive year, from 4 to 7 July 2025, in Nafplio. It is co-organised by the Performing Space Association and the Departments of Performing and Digital Arts and Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Peloponnese. (poster, press release, programme part-1, programme part-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(03 to 06/07/2024) International Conference | Performing Space 2024. The English-language international conference was organised for the third consecutive year by the Department of Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Peloponnese from 3 to 6 July 2024, in Nafplio. The co-organising body for the academic year 2023-2024 was the Department of Performing and Digital Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of the Peloponnese. The purpose of the conference was the scientific and artistic exploration of the relationship between performance and space, as well as the creation of an interdisciplinary framework within which participants had the opportunity to present their research and artistic practice, and to exchange views and experiences with reference to performance and significant spaces of the built environment from antiquity to the present day. (PRESS RELEASE, PROGRAMME)

 

 

 

Opening Symposium of the Programme “Addressing Roma School Segregation through Performing Arts”
On 27 April 2023, an opening symposium was held at the Vouleftiko (Old Parliament Building) in Nafplio to mark the official launch of the international programme Addressing Roma School Segregation through Performing Arts. The programme is implemented by the Department of Theatre Studies and the Department of Performing and Digital Arts of the University of the Peloponnese, in collaboration with the Roma and Travellers Division of the Council of Europe and with the support of the Municipality of Nafplio.

The event highlighted the role of the performing arts in promoting social inclusion, educational equity, and combating antigypsyism, while presenting the programme's educational and artistic activities, which aim to foster dialogue and cooperation between Roma and non-Roma communities.

The symposium featured keynote speakers including Eleni Tsetsekou, Head of the Roma and Travellers Division of the Council of Europe; George Stamatis, Secretary General for Social Solidarity and the Fight against Poverty; Alexandra Karagianni, Council of Europe expert and Special Secretary for Human Rights of the Panhellenic Confederation of Greek Roma “Ellan Passé”; and Dr Dezso Mate, Professor at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen and Head of the Knowledge Production Department at the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), based in Berlin.  The event also included presentations by members of the project's scientific team from the University of the Peloponnese: Christina Zoniou, Katerina Kosti, Ioanna Tzartzani, Anna Tsichli, and Georgia (Gina) Giotaki. Interventions were also made by Metropolitan Nektarios of Argolis, Konstantinos Routoulas, Deputy Mayor of Nafplio, Vasilis Pantzios, President of the Panhellenic Confederation of Greek Roma “Ellan Passé”, and Giorgos Karagkounis, President of the newly established Roma Association The Other Way («Ο Άλλος Δρόμος») of Argos. The symposium was also greeted through a written message by Professor Angeliki Spyropoulou, President of the Department of Theatre Studies.

The scientific coordinator of the project was Dr Christina Zoniou, Special Teaching Staff Member in the Department of Theatre Studies. The symposium brought together representatives of the academic and educational communities, local authorities, civil society organisations, and Roma communities, inaugurating a fruitful dialogue on inclusive education and social justice.

 

 

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