Between Tragedy and Horror

An international forum

attempts to combine the two genres

Held by

the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on September 22^nd

An international forum organized by the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on September  22nd^., making interesting social, cultural, and historical allusions and subtle, indirect references to the challenges of the modern era. From climate change to the COVID pandemic, from terror attacks and slaughtering to the outbreak of violence the 21^st century vindicates German sociologist Ulrich Beck’s approach, generating the term “risk society”.

For the first time in recent years, a group of 22 scholars from some of the most prestigious and Ivy League universities in the world, such as McGill University, University of British Columbia, University of California Berkley, UCLA, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Edinburgh, etc. is meeting in Athens on the initiative of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, to discuss the relevance between tragedy and horror.  “Between Tragedy and Horror” will be the ninth edition in the “Ancient Drama” event series hosted by the Cacoyannis Foundation, and the first to be curated in partnership with scholars based in a Canadian institution, McGill, giving us a unique opportunity to bring Canadian perspectives on ancient Greek tragedy to a wider international audience.

Since 2012 the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation has been implementing an EU program on Ancient Drama in collaboration with acknowledged Academic Institutions, such as Stanford University, the University of Leeds, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Helsinki Academy in partnership with the Aalto College of Art and Design, la Fundación de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the LabexArts-H2H (ArTeC) – Département  Arts et Technologies de l’Image, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, the Forum Internationale Wissenschaft of the University of Bonn and more.

The program activates and presents interdisciplinary synergies related to Ancient Drama and aims to promote the dialogue and enhance the way ancient drama is presented through performing arts in the 21st century.  

This year, the MCF is implementing the project titled “Ancient Drama: Interdisciplinary and Cross Art Approaches”, included in the Partnership Agreement 2021-2027, co-funded by the European Union.

Apply for participation in this mailing address adrama@mcf.gr.

International Forum

Sunday, September 22nd, 2024:

Forum/Roundtable, 11:00 -15:00

11.00-12.30 Discussing Theoretical Approaches (Chair Mario Telo. Edmund Cueva, Julianna Will, K.O. Chong Gossard –virtual, Marcus Prassad)

12.30-13.30 BREAK

13.30-15.00 Discussing Creative Approaches (Chair Hallie Marshall. Leslie Baner, Jennyfer Desbiens, Nathan Brοwman –virtual, Lynn Kozak, Kimberly Honig)

Performance Tutto Brucia at 21:00