She was elected to the Special Research Staff of the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2022. She holds a degree from the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the School of Philosophy, University of Athens, and graduated with distinction from the two-year postgraduate programme of the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Athens, with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation. She received her PhD from the University of Lille, where she completed her dissertation entitled “Personne tragique-personnage tragique dans les écritures dramatiques contemporaines en France et en Grèce” (2018). http://www.theses.fr/2018LILUH018 and http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/cbs//DB=2.1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=1016&SRT=RLV&TRM=Bousiopoulou
In 2015–16, she worked as a lecturer in Modern Greek language at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Lille (formerly Lille 3). From 2018 to 2020, as an associate member of the research centre CECILLE (Centre d'Études en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères) of the University of Lille, she carried out research within the thematic framework: “Espaces autres, partages sensibles, sociétés spectaculaires”.
She taught as a philologist in Greek public secondary education from 2005 to 2022.
She is co-editor of the annual French-language journal Petits Essais – Mikra Dokimia and co-founder of the non-profit Greek-French association of the same name, established in 2021.
Her research interests focus on the field of the theory and philosophy of theatre and drama.
Research Interests
- Theatre Theory
- Philosophy of Drama
- Contemporary Dramaturgy
- The tragic character in drama
- French and Greek Dramaturgy
- Theatre Theory
Participation in Programmes
- Member (research, education and training) of the European research programme “Community Theatre and Environmental Pressures in the Coastal Communities of the Mediterranean (THEATRE2SEA), 101126408, Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education Teaching and Research”
Publications (selected)
- «Éclats d’écosophie dans le cinéma et le théâtre néo-helléniques : Digger de Georgis Grigorakis – Les noces, La montagne de Vassilis Ziogas», XXVIIe Congrès des néo-hellénistes des universités francophones: Visions de la nature et défis environnementaux au prisme du regard grec. Approches transdisciplinaires et diachroniques, 12 February 2025, Geneva (proceedings forthcoming).
- «Ντελεζιανές απεδαφικοποιήσεις στο πολιορκημένο Μεσολόγγι: Το μπουκάλι του Βασίλη Ζιώγα», in Vasileios Sambatakakis - Alexandra Fiotaki (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies (Vienna, 11–14 September 2023): Approaches and Focuses on Modern Hellenism: texts, images, objects, histories, vol. VI, EENS, Athens 2025, pp. 107–115.
- «“Nous sommes tous des lichens”. La symbiose de l’homme et de l’animal en perspective éco-philosophique dans le théâtre grec contemporain», Study Days, “Utopies contemporaines et esthétiques de l’animalité dans la littérature et les arts. Contextes méditerranéens”, University of Lille – NKUA, 6–7 June 2024, Lille (proceedings forthcoming).
- «Communitas και immunitas του Roberto Esposito στη θεατρική τετραλογία του Wajdi Mouawad Το αίμα των υποσχέσεων. Από τον αρχαίο τραγικό μύθο στη σύγχρονη βιοπολιτική», in Andreas G. Markantonatos - Kaiti Diamantakou (eds.), Politics of Violence and Politics of Life in Ancient Theatre: From the Classical Fifth Century to the Twenty-First, Conference Proceedings dedicated to Chara Baconikola, Department of Theatre Studies NKUA and Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Athens 2024, pp. 569–585.
- «Du personnage tragique déterritorialisé à la personne tragique transformée: trajectoires vers une altérité constitutive», Parabasis, 19/1 (2023–2024), pp. 105–114.
Translations / Editorial Work
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Current Topics
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Conferences / Talks
- 2025 — Katerina Diakoumopoulou - Thaleia Bousiopoulou, “Scenes of Human-Animality: Human...”, conference “Contemporary Utopias and Aesthetics of Animality in Literature, the Arts and Philosophy. Intercultural Contexts”, Department of Theatre Studies NKUA, MA Programme “Greek and World Theatre: Dramaturgy, Performance, Education”, 2–3 June 2025, Athens (proceedings forthcoming).
- «Éclats d’écosophie dans le cinéma et le théâtre néo-helléniques : Digger de Georgis Grigorakis, Les noces, La montagne de Vassilis Ziogas», XXVIIe Congrès des néo-hellénistes des universités francophones, “Visions de la nature et défis environnementaux au prisme du regard grec. Approches transdisciplinaires et diachroniques”, 12 February 2025, Geneva (proceedings forthcoming).
- 2024 — «Η επέλευση του Ίδιου στο ρευστό τοπίο του 21ου αιώνα: ο άνθρωπος ως “υποκείμενο αλήθειας” του A. Badiou στη δραματουργία του W. Mouawad και του Π. Μάτεσι», in Evi Prousali (ed.), Performing Arts in the 21st Century: Contemporary Practices and New Perspectives, Theatre Studies Conference, Hellenic Association of Theatre and Performing Arts Critics - Department of Theatre Studies NKUA, Eurasia, Athens 2023 (pp. 155–160).
Undergraduate Courses
Postgraduate Courses / Supervision
- Philosophy and Theory of Theatre and Drama
- The Tragic and Comic Element in Contemporary Theatre