George SAMPATAKAKIS (M.Phil., Cambridge; Ph.D., London) is Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras.

His areas of interest include Performance Studies, the Anthropology of Theatre, the Theatre of Asia, Theatre History and Theory.

He has published articles in many international journals and volumes, as well as four books in Greece.

Selection of publications:

“Gestus or Gesture? Greek Theatre Performance and Beyond”, J. Nelis (ed.), Receptions of Antiquity, Academia Press, Ghent 2011, 103-115.

“Codex Prometheus”, Frank M. Raddatz (ed.), Promethiade, Klartext, Essen 2011, 116-118.

“The Metaphysics of Absence in Greek and Chinese Theatre: An Introductory Comment”, στον τόμο Liu Xiaocun (ed.), The Theatre and Method of Theodoros Terzopoulos, China Theatre Press, Beijing 2011, 133-142 (in Chinese).

“Heiner Müllers Mauser: Den Menschen im Zahnrad der Revolution”, Theater der Zeit, 06/2009, 55-56. Γεωμετρώντας το Χάος: Μορφή και Μεταφυσική στο Θέατρο του Θεόδωρου Τερζόπουλου, Εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο, Αθήνα 2008.

“Dionysus Restitutus: Terzopoulos’ Bakchen“, Frank M. Raddatz, (Hsg.), Reise mit Dionysos: Das Theater des Theodoros Terzopoulos, Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2006, 90-102.

Link

http://www.theaterst.upatras.gr/?page_id=386&lang=en