{"id":4897,"date":"2025-11-25T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:46:23","slug":"powerful-wicked-and-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/powerful-wicked-and-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful, Wicked, and Female: The Gendered Construction of Byzantine Women in Modern Greek Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4902 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos.png 2041w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-1024x140.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-768x105.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-1536x211.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-150x21.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/university-logos-480x66.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Powerful, Wicked, and Female: The Gendered Construction of Byzantine Women in Modern Greek Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>25 November, 16:00-18:00<\/p>\n<p>University of Cyprus, Learning Resource Centre (LRC 012 \u2013 Amphitheatre \u2018Philippos Tsimpoglou\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>This workshop examines the gender-based treatment of Byzantine influential women who act as protagonists in theatrical works written in Greek between the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries. Participants are invited to explore with us the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which Byzantine characters provide inspiration for theatrical authors and how are their choices reflective of a gender-based politics?<\/li>\n<li>How are these characters staged and portrayed?<\/li>\n<li>Which purposes (aesthetic, political, intellectual) did the particular portrayal of Byzantine women in this kind of theatre serve?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is open to the public free of charge and will be conducted in English. It will be led by Dr. Andria Andreou (University of Cyprus) and Prof. Avra Sidiropoulou (Open University of Cyprus) and will comprise a theoretical session and a creative writing session.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture is inspired by the research conducted in the context of the research programme \u201cByzantines on Stage: Reimagining Byzantium in the Modern Greek Theatrical Production\u201d (BStage). The programme, coordinated by Dr. Andreou through the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus is co-funded by by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Foundation of Research and Innovation (Programme \u201cEXCELLENCE HUBS\u201d: EXCELLENCE\/0524\/0251).<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the programme\u2019s official Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PaideiaNews Press Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/paideia-news.com\/isxyres,-dolies-kai%E2%80%A6genoys-thilykoy-i-emfyli-kataskeyi-ton-byzantinon-gynaikon-sto-neoelliniko-theatro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/paideia-news.com\/isxyres,-dolies-kai%E2%80%A6genoys-thilykoy-i-emfyli-kataskeyi-ton-byzantinon-gynaikon-sto-neoelliniko-theatro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open University Press Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouc.ac.cy\/index.php\/el\/news-events-menu-2\/nea\/5208-ergast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ouc.ac.cy\/index.php\/el\/news-events-menu-2\/nea\/5208-ergast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1.png 888w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1-768x130.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1-150x25.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Picture1-480x81.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised.png 1650w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-1365x2048.png 1365w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-50x75.png 50w, https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2025\/11\/Powerful-Wicked-and-Female-revised-480x720.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on 25 November, 16:00\u201318:00 at UCY (LRC 012 \u2013 Amphitheatre \u201cPhilippos Tsimpoglou\u201d) for a workshop on how modern Greek theatre constructed the image of influential Byzantine women. Led by Dr Andria Andreou and Prof. Avra Sidiropoulou, the session combines theory and creative writing. Open to all, free of charge, in English. More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/<br \/>\n<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":4900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events","category-press-releases"],"modified_by":"pavlosmi","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 18:22:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4909,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions\/4909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucy.ac.cy\/bstage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}