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Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education

ALTOUVA ALEXIA

Photograph of Alexia Altouva

ALEXIA ALTOUVA

Assistant Professor

Theatre Studies – History of Modern Greek Theatre with emphasis on Acting

Office: 916, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens
Office hours: Monday, 12:00–13:00, by appointment
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). Her research interests focus on the history and theory of acting, the development of Modern Greek theatre from the nineteenth century to the present, the history of Greek theatre companies, as well as the study of the work of Greek actors from both historical and biographical perspectives. She has presented papers at a significant number of academic conferences in Greece and abroad and has organised conferences, study days, and scholarly meetings as coordinator or member of scientific and/or organising committees. Her publications include monographs, ebooks, edited volumes, articles, and studies published in conference proceedings and collective volumes in Greece and internationally. Most recently, she co-edited the volume 400 Years of Molière: Reception Issues in Modern Greek Education and Modern Greek Theatre, 18th–21st Century (Anna Tabaki & Alexia Altouva, eds., Kapa Editions, Athens, 2025, 553 pp.).

From 2019 to 2023, she served as Director of the Laboratory of Research and Documentation of Modern Greek Theatre, of which she remains an active member. She has also worked as a scientific associate and researcher on large-scale projects co-funded by the European Social Fund and national resources. [Recent participations: 1. THYMELE: A Dynamic Open-Access Multimedia Dictionary for the Performing Arts, implemented within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (Implementing Body: H.F.R.I.); 2. THEATRE2SEA: Community Theatre and Environmental Pressures in the Coastal Communities of the Mediterranean, implemented within the framework of the Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education Teaching and Research; 3. “The Giorgos Patsas Archive (1967–2017): Digitisation, documentation, management and dissemination of digital content”, implemented with funding from the Ministry of Culture.]

Since 2015, she has served as Academic Coordinator of the student internship programme of the Department of Theatre Studies.

History of ActingHistory of Modern Greek Theatre (19th century – present)Performance Studies
Research Interests
  • History of Acting
  • History of Modern Greek Theatre (19th century – present)
  • Biographical study of Greek actors
  • Theatrical reception and cultural history
  • Theatre documentation and archival research
Participation in Programmes
  • THYMELE: A Dynamic Open-Access Multimedia Dictionary for the Performing Arts
  • THEATRE2SEA: Community Theatre and Environmental Pressures in the Coastal Communities of the Mediterranean
  • The Giorgos Patsas Archive (1967–2017): Digitisation, documentation, management and dissemination of digital content
Publications (selected)
  1. “Women’s Narratives from the Lost Homelands in Contemporary Theatre: from Biohistory to Biodrama”, Alexia Altouva, in V. Sambatakakis - Al. Fiotaki (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies: Approaches and Focuses on Modern Hellenism: texts, images, objects, histories, vol. VI, EENS, Athens 2025, pp. 281–293.
  2. “Le rôle d’Adelaide Ristori dans la formation de la scène nationale grecque”, Drammaturgia, 20(10), pp. 173–182. doi: 10.36253/dramma-14316
  3. “Heroines of the Revolution and Contemporary Perspective in Greek Theatre”, in M. Morfakidis Filactós - E. E. Marcos Hierro (eds.), Grecia, 200 años de construcción de una identidad: historia, lengua, literatura y cultura, Dedicado a la memoria de D. Luis Gil Fernández, Sociedad Hispánica de Estudios Neogriegos, Granada 2024, pp. 173–191.
  4. “Spyros A. Evanghelatos and Luca Ronconi: Elective Affinities between Two Pioneers of Theatre”, in Panagiotis Michalopoulos - Giorgos P. Pefanis (scientific eds.), Research, Composition, Interpretation: Approaching the Theatre of Spyros A. Evanghelatos, Papazisis, Athens 2023, pp. 361–375.
Translations / Editorial Work
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Conferences / Talks
  • 2025 — “Dehumanisation and Stage Interpretation. The Example of Kafka’s Metamorphosis” / «Déshumanisation et interprétation scénique. L’exemple de La Métamorphose de Kafka», paper presented at the international conference “Contemporary Utopias and Aesthetics of Animality in Literature, the Arts and Philosophy. Intercultural Contexts”, organised by the Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, and the MA Programme “Greek and World Theatre. Dramaturgy, Performance, Education”, in collaboration with the University of Lille, Laboratoire CECILLE, Faculté des Langues, Cultures et Sociétés.
  • 2024 — “History and Politics in Greek Theatre through the Directorial Perspective of Nikita Milivojević”, paper presented at the 5th Conference of Modern Greek Studies Scholars of the Balkan Countries, on the theme “The Influence of Greek on Other Cultures of the Balkan Countries (1453–2024): Language, Literature, Art, Religion”, organised by the Department of Modern Greek Studies of the University of Belgrade in collaboration with the Section of Modern Greek Studies of the University of Bucharest (Belgrade, 12–14 September 2024).