Key Note Speakers/ Plenary Events
20.02.2026
PLENARY EVENT 1
Poetry Reading and Discussion with Alicia E. Stallings.
Keynote Speaker, Alicia E. Stallings, Oxford Professor of Poetry, will give a reading of her poems, followed by Q & A
Alicia E. Stallings
Oxford Professor of Poetry 2023-27, American poet A.E. Stallings' work is known for sharp wit, inventiveness, and using classical references to talk about modern life. She studied Classics at University of Georgia and Oxford, and has published four collections of poetry, 'Archaic Smile', 'Hapax', and 'Olives', and most recently, 'Like', a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has published three verse translations, Lucretius's 'The Nature of Things', Hesiod's Works and Days, and an illustrated 'The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice'. A collection of selected poems, 'This Afterlife', is available from FSG in the US and Carcanet in the UK.
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21.02.2026
PLENARY EVENT 2
https://www.n-t.gr/el/events/oresteia_25/
16.30- 18.00 Panel Discusson:
Performing Ancient Greek Drama Today. The 2024 production of Oresteia by Theodoros Terzopoulos.
The Symposium will feature a panel discussion on Theodoros Terzopoulos production of Oresteia with The National Theatre of Greece, premiered at Athens-Epidaurus Festival in 2024.
Panel speakers include:
Eleni Varopoulou
Theatre critic, translator of 2024 Oresteia performance
Savvas Stroumpos,
Actor, director of Zero Point Theatre Group, assοciate director of 2024 Oresteia
Maria Sikitano,
PhD Candidate University of the Peloponnese, dramaturg of the 2024 Oresteia performance.
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