Tragedy and Resistance

is an Assistant Professor at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. His research focuses on political theory and social transformation, particularly the concept of resistance in relation to power, organisation, and collective action. He is also the author of The Primacy of Resistance: Power, Opposition and Becoming (Bloomsbury, 2022), which develops a theoretical account of resistance as a foundational political force.

is a German journalist and theater critic writing for nachtkritik.de, a leading online platform for contemporary theater discourse. Her work focuses on performance analysis, cultural trends, and critical engagement with modern stage productions across German-speaking countries. With her work she contributes to ongoing conversations about the role of theater in society and its evolving artistic forms.

is a scholar of English literature whose research engages ecocriticism, Western theatre, hermeneutics, Marxist thought, and classical antiquity. His work focuses on the relation between aesthetics and political ecology. Fluent in several languages and with reading knowledge of select others, he brings a multilingual and interdisciplinary perspective to his scholarship. Alongside his academic work, he has experience in translation, theatre direction, and editorial practice.

is a third-year PhD student in English at the University of Cambridge, where he works on literary and intellectual history in early modern England. His doctoral research examines the history of consolation from Thomas More to John Milton, and his recent and forthcoming publications include articles on Robert Burton and Thomas Browne.

is Full Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Campania, with dual PhDs in Classical Philology and Historical Sciences. Her research spans Greek literature from Homer to the Imperial period, classical scholarship, and the reception of mythology—especially the myth of Antigone—as well as contemporary German literature. She is also a journal founder and editor, a member of multiple editorial boards (including Visioni del Tragico and Philologus), and the author of two novels.

formerly a lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin, has taught Latin literature at Ghent University since 2013. His research focuses on late antique poetics, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and its contemporary reception, and ecocriticism in Classics. He is currently exploring Greek tragedy from the perspective of nomadic hermeneutics. He has also written an article entitled ‚Phaedra's Secret Logic: Censorship, Secrecy, and Mysteries in Euripides' Hippolytus'.

is a specialist in early modern English literature, focusing on theatre history and the works of Shakespeare and Marlowe. He is Senior Lecturer in English at Northumbria University. His research, grounded in cultural materialism, examines literature in relation to power, ideology, and social conflict. He has published widely on early modern drama and co-edited volumes on revenge tragedy, Shakespeare, and popular culture, including Revisiting Revenge Tragedy (2024).

is a theatre scholar, practitioner and teacher. His publications include essays in George Orwell Studies, The Pinter Review, Performing Ethos, and A Critical Companion to David Lynch. He has recently directed an experimental Hamlet at The John Lyons Theatre, Covent Garden, London, and is the Artistic Director of ‘A Theatre for the People of Ukraine’.

student for German, Mathematics and Latin for Lehramt Gymnasium at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, honours-student at FSU Jena with the project: “female writers around 1800: drama”, specialised in theatre and drama with own theatre projects including “Faust II”, “Miles Gloriosus” and “Eneas”. Her research focuses on drama and female writers around 1800 with particular attention to gender studies and ancient reception. Furthermore, student assistant in the project: Laterale Führung im liminalen Raum. Politische Handlungsräume von Fürstinnen in der deutschsprachigen Literatur und Chronistik (1150–1500).

is an American literary scholar and Professor of English at Cornell University, known for her work on form, politics, and aesthetics. Her research spans Victorian literature, narrative theory, and interdisciplinary cultural analysis. In her influential book The Activist Humanist (2023) she argues that large-scale, practical environmental activism should be integral to humanists’ work. For Levine, humanists have the tools–and the responsibility–to mobilize political power to tackle climate change.

is postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy (Greek literature) of Ghent University, and adjunct lecturer at the Institute of Religious Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin, where she also obtained her PhD within the DFG-interdisciplinary research group 2638 “Normativity, Critique, Change”. In her dissertation, she wrote about bodily and metaphorical movements in Sophocles’s Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus.

is a researcher, theatre director, actress, cultural manager, and educator. She teaches as an Assistant Professor at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu contemporary theatre, performance aesthetics, cultural management, and research methods. Her work explores performance, social justice, migration, and marginalized identities. She collaborates with the Sibiu International Theatre Festival and coordinates the Sibiu International Performing Arts Market. She also develops inclusive performance practices, working with marginalized communities and integrating non-professional actors into professional productions.

is a Lecturer of German and Norwegian Language and Literature at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, specializing in German, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Comparative Literature. His research includes the international spread of Scandinavian crime fiction and, more recently, digital projects like ‘The Digital Archive of the Romanian Novel’. He is also an active translator of Scandinavian literature and co-editor of several volumes on Romanian literary culture, with recent scholarly contributions on Romanian German literature.

(University of Osijek) is a PhD student and researcher specializing in contemporary German- and Croatian-language literature. Her research focuses on 21st-century German and Croatian literature, with particular attention to the figure of the child, violence, and the construction of the child within the symbolic order. Her interests include contemporary drama in German- and Croatian-speaking contexts, with an emphasis on dysfunctionality, crisis, otherness of the subject, psychoanalysis, and trauma.

is a German theatre director and stage designer known for his visually striking, large-scale productions combining choral speech, rhythmic movement, and monumental stage machinery. His work often reinterprets historical texts, including Greek tragedy and (early) modern drama, with a focus on collective experience and political themes. Rasche has directed at major European theatres and festivals, including Salzburg and Berlin, and is recognized for his distinctive, immersive theatrical style.

is a PhD student in English Literature in the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University, where she also received an MA in English and Dutch Literature and Linguistics. She also holds MA’s in Literary Studies and Cultural Studies from KU Leuven. Her research focuses on the interrelations between language and power with attention to the dynamics of gender and race in Shakespeare’s plays. Her doctoral thesis studies contemporary Indigenous-Australian adaptations of Shakespeare’s works.

is a German theatre director known for dynamic, contemporary interpretations of classical and modern plays. She has worked at major German-speaking theatres, including the Thalia Theater Hamburg and the Burgtheater Vienna, and is currently a director at Schauspielhaus Bochum. Her productions explore psychological depth, social conflict, and identity, combining strong visual aesthetics with precise actor direction.

Ph.D. (Utrecht University, 2008), is Associate Professor at Ghent University, specializing in early modern Dutch literature. His research focuses on 17th- and 18th-century Dutch and German literary history, with particular attention to the intersections of literature, politics, and violence, as well as the role of literature in shaping cultural and social identities. Early modern poetry and theatre are central to his work.