May 22, 2019
17.30 Registration
18.00 Welcome drink
May 23, 2019
8.30 Registration
9.00 Institutional greetings
Panel 1: Modes of Performing Classical Drama Around Europe and Beyond
Chair: Petr Kitzler, Centre for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, CAS
9.20 KEYNOTE: Edith Hall, King’s College, London ‒ Performing Euripides and Ezra Pound’s Metrical Modernism
10.00 C. W. Marshall, University of British Columbia
‒ Performing Tragedy in The Brazen Age
10.30 Peter Swallow, King’s College, London
‒ Aristophanes in the Phrontisterion: Staging Old Comedy in Oxford and Cambridge 1883‒1914
COFFEE BREAK
11.15 Jakub Čechvala, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha
‒ Appropriation through Gaps. Czech Reception of Greek Tragedy in the 19th and at the Beginning of the 20th Century
11.45 Dmitry Trubochkin, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow
‒ Ancient Drama and the Russian Psychological Theatre
LUNCH BREAK (own arrangements) 12.15‒14.15
Panel 2: Theorizing Discourse: Bridging and Exploiting the Gaps
Chair: Eva Kyselová, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
14.15 KEYNOTE: Henri Schoenmakers, Universiteit Utrecht & Friedrich–Alexander Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg
‒ Re-contextualization as a dramaturgical strategy
14.55 Athina Kavoulaki, University of Crete, Rethymno
‒ The challenge of ritual: exploring ritual dynamics in 5th-century drama
COFFEE BREAK
15.30 Hallie Marshall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
‒ Ruins and Fragments: The impact of material culture on the plays of Tony Harrison
16.00 Martin Pšenička, Charles University, Praha
‒ Aesthetics of Uncanny (Unheimliche) in Ancient Tragedy
16.30 Dana LaCourse Munteanu, Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio
‒ Woody Allen on Aristotle on Greek Tragedy: the ‘Poetics’ Meets Hollywood
May 24, 2019
Panel 3: Staging Classical Drama After 2000
Chair: Daniela Jobertová, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
9.15 KEYNOTE: Freddy Decreus, Universiteit Gent
‒ The ritual theatre of Theodoros Terzopoulos, or how to stage a ‘bodymind’ as a special form of everyday life?
9.55 Özlem Hemiş, Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul
‒ The Historical Encounter of East and West in Aeschylus’ The Persians
10.25 Martina Treu, Università IULM (Milan, Italy) and CRIMTA (Centro Interdipartimentale Multimediale Teatro Antico), Università di Pavia, Italy
‒ Aeschylus’s heritage: Greek tragedy in Sicily
COFFEE BREAK
11.30 Maddalena Giovanelli, Università degli Studi di Milano
‒ Onomastikomodein? Political Aristophanes in Italian productions
LUNCH BREAK (own arrangements) 12.00‒14.00
Chair: Martin Pšenička, Charles University
14.00 Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand
‒ Antipodean Antigones: Performing Sophocles’ Tragedy Down Under
14.30 Malika Bastin-Hammou, Université Grenoble-Alpes
‒ Staging Menander in the Francophone world
15.00 Dáša Čiripová, Theatre Institute, Bratislava
‒ The pressure of exclusivity: stage productions of Classical Drama in Slovakia at the beginning of the 21st century
COFFEE BREAK
16.30 Cleo Protokhristova, Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski
‒ Bulgarian stage productions of Medea in the twenty-first century
17.00 Romain Piana, Université de Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle
‒ Greek and Roman drama on French stage in the database Théâtre antique en France
May 25, 2019
Panel 4: War, Peace, and Politics: Enacting the Distressed Self & Other
Chair: Platon Mavromoustakos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
9.00 KEYNOTE: George Harrison, Carleton University, Ottawa
‒ Choral Reconciliation in the Octavia and Hercules Oetaeus: modern sex scandals for the ancient stage
9.40 Monica Centanni, Università IUAV di Venezia
‒ Did Osama Bin Laden’s mother read The Persians by Aeschylus?
10.10 Évelyne Ertel, Université de Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle
‒ The Persians in the Gulf War
COFFEE BREAK
11.00 Eliška Poláčková, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague ‒ Masaryk University, Brno
‒ A Glimmer of Hope With Plautus. Frejka’s Pseudolus in the National Theatre, Prague, 1942
11.30 Alena Sarkissian, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague – Charles University, Praha
‒ Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre during the Nazi occupation
12.00 Efthymios Kaltsounas, Tonia Karaoglou, Natalia Minioti and Eleni Papazoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
‒ Imaginings of Antiquity and Ancient Drama Performances in Greece (1975‒1995): Between Ideology and Style
NETWORKING LUNCH 12.30‒14.30
14.30 Annual Meeting of the Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama
May 26, 2019
9.30 Annual Meeting of the Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama
12.00 Conclusions
NETWORKING LUNCH, May 25
12.30‒14.30, Mistral Café (Valentinská 56, Praha 1)
OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM:
Soup
1. Poultry broth with meat and vegetables
2. Tomato soup with basil and a drop of
cream
Main Course
1. Linguine (pasta) with goat cheese and fresh baby spinach in tomato sauce VEGETARIAN
2. Wrap with hummus,
marinated eggplant, feta cheese, red pepper, tomato and lettuce VEGETARIAN
3. Fried chicken steak with
mashed potatoes and lemon
4. Beef tenderloin with creamy sauce with homemade herb dumplings
TYPICAL CZECH MEAL
5. Grilled duck breast with roasted gnocchi, red cabbage and demi glacé
sauce
Dessert
1. Marble cake
2. Strudel
For vegan option, please contact the organizers in advance.
Fri 24 May, NOC KOSTELŮ – NIGHT OF OPEN CHURCHES
On Friday night Prague churches open its gates to visitors who want to admire the interiors of the Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque as well as modern buildings of worship scattered all around its historical centre. You can just pick a spot on the map, walk to the nearest church or prayer room, step in and experience the beauty and unique atmosphere of the place.
For more information see the website of the event: https://www.nockostelu.cz/ (only in Czech).
Map: https://www.nockostelu.cz/mapa
Network Conference 2019: From Antiquity to Modernity, May 22‒26, 2019, Praha 