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SUMMARY:For the sake of history alone: Queer adaptations of Greek Tragedy 
 in Greece - Giorgos Sampatakakis
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DESCRIPTION:Queer adaptations of Greek tragedy by modern Greek poets\, dir
 ectors\, and dramatists reengage the tragic canon not by preserving its st
 abilized\, “straight” forms but by bending it toward modes of denial\,
  dissidence\, and transformation. These works do not simply “make traged
 y queer\,” but reveal how adaptation itself already works queerly: turni
 ng\, unsettling\, repeating\, and refusing stable hierarchies and (nationa
 lizing) expectations.\n\nTaken together\, queer adaptations in Greece rean
 imate tragedy as more than a static relic: they transform it into a living
  archive of queer endurance\, anchored to genealogies of loss yet continua
 lly oriented toward rituals of hope and collective futurity. As acts of di
 ssidence\, they challenge normative cultural frameworks and unsettle the p
 resumed stability of identity\, tradition\, and inheritance. In this reima
 gining\, queering emerges not only as a mode of adaptation but also as a f
 orm of political intervention—remaking representation\, recalibrating su
 bjectivity\, and reclaiming the tragic stage as a space of resistance and 
 possibility.\nGiorgos Sampatakakis is Associate Professor of Drama and Per
 formance at the Department of Theatre Studies\, University of Patras. His 
 areas of interest include the history and theory of theatre\, the theory o
 f theatre directing and critical reviewing\, and the reception of Greek tr
 agedy.\nSpeakers:\nGiorgos Sampatakakis
LOCATION:Taylor Institution Library (Main Hall)\, St Giles' OX1 3NA
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b9c594e8-38b4-4114-8545-8f0298ee87cb/
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