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Dr Anastasia Bakogianni

Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies

School of Humanities Media and Creative Comm

A little about myself:  I was awarded my PhD from the University of London and worked at several UK universities before joining the Classical Studies team at Massey. My research and publications focus on Greek tragedy and its reception in the modern world. I am fascinated by the continuing appeal of ancient Greek and Roman culture and the many ways in which these ancient civilizations remain relevant today. But more importantly, I like to investigate why the Graeco-Roman classics still 'speak' to us and what it is exactly that we think they have to say to us. 

Professional

Contact details

  • Location: AT 3.45, Atrium
    Campus: Auckland

Prizes and Awards

  • MURF award ($2,500) for the 'Classical World New Zealand' project - Massey University Research Fund (2016)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

  • Greek Literature
  • Greek Tragedy
  • Classical Reception 
  • Comparative Approaches to the study of the Classical World
  • Modern Greek Studies

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Classical Greek and Roman History (210306):
Cultural Studies (200200):
Historical Studies (210300): History And Archaeology (210000):
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified (209999): Languages, Communication And Culture (200000): Other Language, Literature and Culture (209900): Screen and Media Culture (200212)

Research Outputs

Journal

Bakogianni, A. (2019). Ifigênia de Eurípides: vítima antiga, heroína grega moderna?. Codex: Revista de Estudos Clássicos. 7(2), 27-43 Retrieved from https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/article/view/30458
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Bakogianni, A. (2019). Euripides’ Iphigenia: Ancient Victim, Modern Greek Heroine?. Codex: Revista de Estudos Clássicos. 7(2), 10-26 Retrieved from https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/issue/view/1380
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Bakogianni, A. (2019). Introduction: Ancient Greek and Roman Multi-Sensory Spectacles of Grief. thersites: Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date. 9(Ancient Greek and Roman Multi-Sensory Spectacles of Grief), i-xiv Retrieved from https://www.thersites-journal.de/index.php/thr/article/view/132/272
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Bakogianni, A. (2019). Performing Grief: Mourning Does Indeed Become Electra. thersites: Journal for Transcultural Presences and Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to Date. 9(Ancient Greek and Roman Multi-Sensory Spectacles of Grief), 45-69 Retrieved from https://www.thersites-journal.de/index.php/thr/article/view/131
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Bakogianni, A. (2018). Classical reception for all? Performance reception pedagogy in the twenty-first century. Classical World. 112(1), 615-626
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Bakogianni, A., & James, P. (2018). Classical drama at a distance: Teaching performance reception in an online environment. Classical World. 112(1), 707-725
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Bakogianni, A. (2009). Voices of resistance: Michael cacoyannis’ the trojan women (1971). Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 52(1), 45-68
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Bakogianni, A. (2009). 'The Taming of a Tragic Heroine: Electra in Eighteenth Century Art'. The International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 16(1), 19-57
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Bakogianni, A. (2008). All is well that ends tragically: Filming greek tragedy in modern Reece. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 51(1), 119-167
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Bakogianni, A. (2007). ‘An Eighteenth-Century Jealous Woman and a Twentieth-Century Hysterical Diva: The Case of Mozart’s Idomeneo (1781) and Strauss’ Elektra (1909)’. New Voices in Classical Reception Studies. 2, 1-32
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Book

Bakogianni, A. (2024). The triumph of Greek civilization? Projecting ancient Greece into an alternate future. In The Ancient World in Alternative History and Counterfactual Fictions. (pp. 87 - 104).
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Bakogianni, A., & Unceta Gómez, L. (Eds.) (2024). Classical Reception New Challenges in a Challenging World. (Vol. 9) Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter
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Bakogianni, A. (2023). ‘Women in Captivity: The Human Cost of Armed Conflict from the Trojan War to Modern Greek Cinema’. In KP. Nikoloutsos (Ed.) Brill’s Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film. (pp. 273 - 291). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV
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Bakogianni, A. (2023). Recalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’: Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera Lens. In M. Lindner, & N. Steffensen (Eds.) Classical Heroes in the 21st Century New Perspectives on Contemporary Cinematic Narratives of Antiquity. (pp. 111 - 130). Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag
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Bakogianni, A. (2023). Electra in Sylvia Plath's poetry: A case of identification. In Living Classics: Greece and Rome in Contemporary Poetry in English. (pp. 194 - 217).
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Bakogianni, A. (2022). FALLEN HEROES: RECASTING AJAX AND THE GREEKS ON SCREEN. In Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City. (pp. 155 - 168).
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Bakogianni, A. (2022). Ancient Rhetoric on the Silver Screen: Performing Agōnes in Michael Cacoyannis’ Euripidean Trilogy. In Brill's Companions to Classical Reception. (pp. 331 - 355).
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Bakogianni, A. (2021). Trapped between Fidelity and Adaptation?: On the Reception of Ancient Greek Tragedy in Modern Greece. In V. Liapis, & A. Sidiropoulou (Eds.) Adapting Greek Tragedy: Contemporary Contexts for Ancient Texts. (pp. 329 - 354). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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Bakogianni, A. (2020). PERFORMING VIOLENCE AND WAR TRAUMA: AJAX ON THE SILVER SCREEN. In Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination: The Fear and the Fury. (pp. 57 - 71).
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Bakogianni, A. (2020). ELECTRA’S TURN TO THE DARK SIDE: NELSON RODRIGUES’ SENHORA DOS AFOGADOS. In Greeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage. (pp. 101 - 113).
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Bakogianni, A. (2018). Shades of Ajax: In Search of the Tragic Hero in Modern War Movies. In R. Apostol, & A. Bakogianni (Eds.) Locating Classical Receptions on Screen: Masks, Echoes, Shadows. (pp. 147 - 171). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
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Bakogianni, A., & Apostol, R. (2018). Introduction: Face to Face - Locating Classical Receptions on Screen. In R. Apostol, & A. Bakogianni (Eds.) Locating Classical Receptions on Screen: Masks, Echoes, Shadows. (pp. 1 - 16). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
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Apostol, R., & Bakogianni, A. (Eds.) (2018). Locating Classical Receptions on Screen: Masks, Echoes, Shadows. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan
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Bakogianni, A. (2017). The ancient world is part of us: Classical tragedy in modern film and television. In A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. (pp. 467 - 490).
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Bakogianni, A. (2017). Hollywood meets art-house cinema: Michael Cacoyannis's "Hybrid" euripidean trilogy. In A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen. (pp. 163 - 185).
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Bakogianni, A., & Efstathiou, A. (2016). Homeric shadows on the silver screen: Epic themes in Michael Cacoyannis’ trilogy of cinematic receptions. In A. Efstathiou, & I. Karamanou (Eds.) Homeric Receptions Across Generic and Cultural Contexts. (pp. 405 - 416). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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Bakogianni, A. (2015). Introduction: War as Spectacle, a Multi-sensory Event Worth Watching? <sup>1</sup>. In War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict. (pp. 1 - 22).
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Bakogianni, A. (2015). The Anti-War Spectacle: Denouncing War in Michael Cacoyannis’ Euripidean Trilogy<sup>1</sup>. In War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict. (pp. 291 - 312).
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(2015). War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict.
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Bakogianni, A. (2013). Demotic power to the people: The triumph of Demotike, the triumph of Medea. In L. Hadwick, & S. Harrison (Eds.) Classics in the Modern World: A Democratic Turn?. (pp. 197 - 212). Oxford: Oxford University Press
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Bakogianni, A. (2013). ‘Annihilating Clytemnestra: The severing of the mother-daughter bond in Michael Cacoyannis’ Iphigenia (1977)’. In K. Nikoloutsos (Ed.) Ancient Greek Women in Film. (pp. 207 - 233). Oxford: Oxford University Press
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Bakogianni, A. (Ed.) (2013). Dialogues with the past: Classical reception: Theory and practice. (Vol. 126-1 and 126-2) London: Institute of Classical Studies/ Wiley-Blackwell
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Bakogianni, A. (2012). Electra ancient & modern: Aspects of the reception of the tragic heroine. London, UK: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Other

Unceta Gómez, L. (2024). Greek Antiquity in Lockdown: An Interview with Illustrator Jonathan Muroya about his Greek Quarantology series (2020). : thersites
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Salapata, G., & Bakogianni, A. (2016). Classical world New Zealand.
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Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

  • Greek History
  • Greek and Roman Warfare
  • Greek Mythology
  • Greek Tragedy, Then and Now
  • Love and Sexuality in Ancient Greece 
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