University Seminars Program: Senior Visiting Scholars
Dr. Platon D. Mavromoustakos
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Dr. Platon D. Mavromoustakos is Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he has been teaching since 1991.
Dr. Mavromoustakos holds a Law Degree from the University of Athens [1981], a Postgraduate degree [DEA-1982] and Doctorate in Theatre Studies, from the Institut d’Etudes Théâtrales, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III [1987: supervised by Bernard Dort (Paris III) and Stathis Damianakos (CNRS)].
In addition to being a well-published scholar (with over 150 articles in newspapers, science magazines, and also literary journals), Dr. Mavromoustakos has collaborated with many state-subsidized theatres in Greece and has directed several research projects on the history of Modern Greek theatre, on the reception of Italian Opera and on History of Ancient Drama Performances in Europe and Modern Greece. He is the General Editor of Moliere’s Complete Works in Greek (3 plays published up to now).
More recently, Dr. Mavromoustakos has been a Founding Member of the European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama. He is Member of its coordination committee and of the educational committee of the Intensive Summer Course on performing Ancient Drama (Epidauros 2002-2007 – IP Socrates/Erasmus).
During his lecture tour in the United States (February 2- March 2), Professor Mavromoustakos is going to visit the following Universities:
Florida Atlantic University: Program of Hellenic Studies (FL)
Emory University: Carlos Museum, Theatre Studies Department (GA)
San Francisco State University: Program of Hellenic Studies (CA)
Yale University: Theatre Studies (CT)
New School for Social Research: Eugene Lang College-Theatre Studies (NY)
Graduate Center, CUNY: Theatre Studies (NY)
Lecture Topics
*Performances of ancient drama in Greece
1) “Who are We to Ridicule These Men? Heritage and Innovation in Performing Ancient Drama in Modern Greece” or “Greek Spaces, Images and Views: Us and the Ancients”,
2) “Ancient Greek Comedy on Modern Greek Stage”.
*Theater developments and performances of ancient drama in Europe.
1)“Skene V/s Scena: Ancient Drama and Theatrical Space” or “Monumental Space / Monumental Text: Ancient Drama and Reshaping Performance Space”.
*Greek Theater after World War II.
1)“Greek Theatre after World War II: a survey”
2)“The Art Theatre of Karolos Koun and Modern Greek Theatre Practice” 3)“Post War Greek Theatre: Plays and writers”
4)“Ghosts and Gods: Ibsen, Tragic Actors and Modern Tragedies in Contemporary Greek Theatre”.
* Italian (speaking) theater in the Eptanisa
1) “Aeschylus Persians Performed in Zante after the Naval Battle of Lepanto (1571): New questions on an old riddle”
2)“Teatro di San Giacomo and Italian Opera in Corfu (1733-1900)”.
* The latest research on performances of ancient drama in Europe
1)“Hard Data – Tricky Numbers: Quantitative research and some comparative results concerning modern productions of ancient drama”,
2)“The European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama and the Intensive Course on the Study and Performance of Ancient Greek Drama in Epidauros”