Aikaterini (Kaiti) Diamantakou is a graduate of the Department of Philology (specializing in Classical Philology) and the Department of Theatre Studies of the School of Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). She holds a PhD from the Department of Philology (NKUA), supported by a three-year fellowship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY).

Since the academic year 2004-2005, she has been a member of the faculty at the Department of Theatre Studies (NKUA), where she progressed from the rank of Lecturer to Professor. Her educational, research, and authorial work, as well as her scientific presentations and publications, focus primarily on the field of Ancient Drama: its specific theatrical genres and codes, the socio-historical context of production, issues of dramaturgical, scenic, and semantic composition, as well as the reception of Ancient Drama in modern Greek and international dramaturgy, theatrical practice, and broader artistic creation.

She teaches undergraduate courses within the thematic unit “Theatre of Antiquity”. Since 2008-2009, she has taught for several years in the Department’s Postgraduate Program on subjects related to ancient theatre and its reception. Furthermore, she has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels (L2, M1, M2) at Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille 3 (UFR Arts de la Scène), in the Postgraduate Program of the Department of Primary Education at NKUA (Special topic: “Theatropedagogical uses of Ancient Drama”), and in the Postgraduate Program “Education Sciences: Theatre Pedagogy” at the Department of Primary Education of the Democritus University of Thrace (course: “From Ancient Theatre to Modern Drama: Stage Approaches”).

Since the 1990s, she has actively participated in international conferences and published numerous studies in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and collective volumes. She participates in theatrical research programs and laboratories, has edited theater-related publications, and has contributed essays to editions of plays, translations, and theatrical programs. Additionally, she has translated several books in the field of Humanities.

Since June 2023, she has been serving as the Director of the Laboratory of Ancient Drama and Theatre Research at the Department of Theatre Studies (NKUA). Under her leadership, the laboratory continues to develop initiatives focused on the theatrical, dramaturgical, translational, editorial, educational, and cultural reception of Ancient Drama (see: https://ancientdramalab.theatre.uoa.gr/).