Assistant Professor
Office 916, 9th floor, School of Philosophy
Phone: 210-7277549
E-mail: pmichalop[at]theatre.uoa[dot]gr
Panagiotis Michalopoulos received a B.A. and an M.Phil. in Theatre Studies from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) and completed his postgraduate studies at the same university, receiving a D.Phil. For his studies he received grants from Sasakawa Scholarships Fund and the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY).
He joined the Department in 2020 as Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies, having previously taught at University of Athens and at University of Peloponnese, as well as at a private drama school.
He has participated in a scientific project of Academy of Athens about dramaturg Georgios Chortatsis (2013-2016). He has also collaborated with many Greek subsidized theatres.
He has participated in several conferences; he has published a monograph, as well as many articles and essays in scientific journals and collective volumes. His research focuses principally on Modern Greek theatre of the 20th century, performance studies, theatre directing, as well as politics in performance and theatre as a site of social engagement.
Since 2020 he also teaches theatre and cinema history at the Open University of Greece.
Since 2022 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
Books
Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Christianna Mantzourani (eds), Spyros A. Evangelatos, Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece, Athens 2023, p. 531.
Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Giorgos P. Pefanis (eds), Research, Composition, Interpretation. Approaching the Theatre of Spyros A. Evangelatos, Papazisis, Athens 2023, p. 684.
Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Christianna Mantzourani (eds), Spyros A. Evangelatos, Georgios Chortatsis (circa 1555-1601/1607), the First Neo-hellenic dramaturg, Academy of Athens, Athens 2021, p. 277.
Panagiotis Michalopoulos, The National Theatre of Greece 1940-1950. Management, Performances and the Director’s Institution, Kapa Publishing House, Athens 2018, p. 490.
Panagiotis Michalopoulos (ed.), 30 years ‘Praxi’. Theatre Odou Kefallinias 1987-2017, Athens 2016, p. 281.
Articles (Selection)
“Spyros A. Evangelatos and the Art of Theatre: a Mapping”, in: Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Giorgos P. Pefanis (eds), Research, Composition, Interpretation. Approaching the Theatre of Spyros A. Evangelatos, Papazisis, Athens 2023, p. 15-37.
“From Manuscript to Stage: The Fertile Ground of Spyros A. Evangelatos Directorial Art. The Case of Amyntas”, in: Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Giorgos P. Pefanis (eds), Research, Composition, Interpretation. Approaching the Theatre of Spyros A. Evangelatos, Papazisis, Athens 2023, p. 267-279.
“Angelos Terzakis and the Emergence ad hoc of the Artistic Director in the National Theatre of Greece”, in: Theodouli Alexiadou, Michaela Antoniou (eds), Angelos Terzakis: “Agonizing and Alert”, Conference Proceeding, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Kapa Publishing House, Athens 2021, p. 83-91.
“The State of Directors in the National Theatre of Greece from Metaxas’ Dictatorship until the End of the Greek Civil War. A short outline”, in: Varvara Georgopoulou (ed.), Theatre and Otherness, Vol. 2, Conference Proceeding, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Nafplio 2021, p. 411-421.
“The ‘directors of improvisation’, Kostis Michailidis, Alexis Solomos and the National Stage During the First Directorship of Dimitris Rondiris (1946-1950)”, in: Alexia Altouva (ed.), Sources of Research in Contemporary Greek Theatre Studies, Conference Proceeding, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2021, p. 269-276.
“Comparison of Chortatsis’s Plays with their Models or Possible Models”, in: Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Christianna Mantzourani (eds), Spyros A. Evangelatos, Georgios Chortatsis (circa 1555-1601/1607), the First Neo-hellenic dramaturg, Academy of Athens, Athens 2021, p. 101-119.
“Investigation of the Hypothesis that Stathis and the Translation of Giambattista Guarini's Il Pastor Fido are Works by Chortatsis”, in: Panagiotis Michalopoulos, Christianna Mantzourani (eds), Spyros A. Evangelatos, Georgios Chortatsis (circa 1555-1601/1607), the First Neo-hellenic dramaturg, Academy of Athens, Athens 2021, p. 121-132.
“The Administrative Reformation, the Salary Scale and the Artistic Hierarchy in the National Theatre of Greece During the Occupation”, in: Eliza Anna Delveroudi, Nikos Potamianos (eds), Working in the Entertainment Industry. Theatre and Cinema in Greece, 19th-20th Century, School of Philosophy, University of Crete, Rethymno 2020, σσ. 101-112.
“Echoes of the Greek Civil War on the National Theatre of Greece (1946-1949)”, in: Alexia Altouva, Kaiti Diamantakou (eds.) Theatre and Democracy, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2018, p. 131-138.
“Epitrepontes by Amphi-Theatre: a Colorful Painting. Contribution to the Study of the Theatre Directing Work of Spyros A. Evangelatos”, in: Gogo K. Varzelioti, Platon Mavromoustakos (eds.), Scene and Amphitheatre, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2018, p. 99-110.
“The National Theatre of Greece during the Occupation (1941-1944)”, in: Alexia Altouva, Maria Sehopoulou (eds.), Global Theatre: Performance – Dramaturgy – Theory. Dedicated to the 300 years from the Birth of Denis Diderot, Conference Proceedings with Foreword and Introduction by Anna Tabaki, Athens 2017, p. 125-134.
“Three Decades of ‘Praxi’: Tracing a Course”, in: Panagiotis Michalopoulos (ed.), 30 years ‘Praxi’. Theatre Odou Kefallinias 1987-2017, Athens 2016, p. 18-19.
“Trends of Modernization in the National Theatre of Greece after the Second World War (1945-1946)”, in: Gogo K. Varzelioti (ed.), From the Land of Texts to the Kingdom of the Stage, Conference Proceedings, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Athens 2014, p. 229-234.
“Georgios Mormoris’ Aminta and its Model”, Parabasis, Scientific Bulletin of the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, Ergo Editions, Athens 2002, p. 253-271.
Exhibitions (academic advisor)
“Hippolytus – Phaedra”, periodic exhibition, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Exhibition Hall, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, 5 July-24 August 2024.
“Medea in Epidaurus”, periodic exhibition, Athens Epidaurus Festival, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Exhibition Hall, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, 7 July-26 August 2023.
