Mgr. Alena Sarkissian Ph.D.
sarkissian@ics.cas.cz
+420 234 612 329
Department of Classics and Classical Reception
associate scholar / head of the department
ASEP
Bibliography
Research focus
- Greek and Roman drama and theatre
- Byzantine reception of ancient drama
- modern, esp. Czech reception of Greek and Roman drama
Academic websites profile (academia.edu etc.)
Education
2004-2011 PhD.: Theatre Studies: Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague. Thesis: Reception of Theatre in Late Antiquity: Apologies, Philippics, Scholarly Treatises
1998 - 2004 Theatre Studies - Classical Greek Philology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Brno. Thesis: Roman Pantomime.
Employment history
from 2007: Centre for Classical Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, researcher
from 2006 external employee, from 2011 assistant professor Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague
April 2013 – March 2016: maternity leave
Fellowships and research stays
2013 and 2010: Study stay in Athens under bilateral cultural agreements between the Czech Republic and Greece (1 week).
2005–2006: Study stay in Athens from the State Scholarship Foundation of the Hellenic Republic (1 year).
2005: Study stay in Oxford (Foundation of Charles University Prague, 1 week).
2002–2003: Erasmus Programme: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece under the Erasmus program (6 months).
2002 Intensive Summer Course of Ancient Greek Drama, Epidauros. Presentation: Antigone 1989.
Teaching
Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague
from 2006 external teaching, from 2011 assistant professor. Ancient Greek and Roman drama and theatre, Russian drama and theatre, drama and theatre of the 2nd half of 19th century.
Conference papers and lectures in the Czech Republic
Conference papers:
Karel Dostal between Winckelmann and Nietzsche. (Pespectives of Theatre Studies. Society of Theatre Studies, Prague 18th May 2017).
From hypocrisy to acting: Eustathius' vision of theater as a moral institution. (The Day of Byzantine Studies, Institute of Slavonic Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences, 5th May 2017)
Evagrius and Climacus: A Metamorphosis of a Kephalaic Text. (Diegesis in Greek Literature, 20-21 November 2014, Masaryk University Brno. international conference)
Literary Quality of the Heavenly Ladder by Ioannes Climacus. (Patristic Conference, Olomouc September 20 - September 21, 2012)
Terentius and larmoyant comedy (Symposium in honor of Eva Stehlíková, Prague, November 10, 2010)
The Olympos Database of Productions of Ancient Drama (Memory of Theatre, Olomouc, October 9, 2008)
St. Genesius et alii (Theater without borders, Prague, May 16, 2007, international conference)
Sophocles' Electra 2005 (Staging of Classical Drama around 2000, Prague 2005, international conference)
Invited lectures:
November 2016: Between Winckelmann and Nietzsche: Greek Tragedy directed by Karel Dostal at the National Theater. (Faculty of Education of Charles University, Prague).
May 2015: With Thespis on the Road: Wandering Actors from Hellenism to the Roman Empire (Society of Theatre Studies)
May 2013: Let the Muses speak: Three Byzantine Quasidramata (Union of Classical Philologists, Prague)
March 2013: Let the Muses speak: Three Byzantine Quasidramata (Society of Theatre Studies, Brno)
December 2012: Oidipus on the Stairs: Greek Tragedy on Czech Stages (Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague)
December 2011: Thousand Years of Reflection of Theatre in the Greek East (Society of Theatre Studies, Prague)
April 2011: Theatre Culture of Hellenism (Institute of Classical Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Masaryk University, Brno)
January 2011: Thousand Years of Reflection of Theatre in the Greek East (Czech National Committee of Byzantology)
November 2010: Ancient Greek Theatre and Greek Tragedy on the Czech Stages (both in the Association of Classical Languages Teachers ALFA)
March 2009: Pantomimus or tragoedia saltata (Society of Theatre Studies, Prague)
February 2007: Ancient and Byzantine poetics and Mimus and pantomimus (both in the Department of Theater Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Brno)
Membership in universities’ subject area boards
member of subject area board at Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University Prague.
Memberships in academic associations and other academic bodies
- Czech National Byzantine Committee
- Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Drama
- Theatre Research Society
- Czech Patristic Society
Current projects
- actor in Greek and Roman antiquity
- Director Karel Dostal and his classical approach to drama on stage
