Saturday 22 March 2025, 12.30-14.30

Session 1 

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room: 311 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: 

English

Performing arts for the inclusion of people with disabilities 

Chair: Betty Giannouli, Special Courses Personnel, Department of Early Childhood Education, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens,

• Michaela Antoniou, Laboratory Teaching Staff at the Theatre Studies Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 
  Clio Fanouraki, Associate professor Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-IDEA and of Center for Drama in Education and Art-CEDEUM, Serbia 
  "GENDER DRAMA-ID – Promoting Gender Equality among individuals with intellectual disabilities through Drama-Based training" 

• Angela Bettoni, Activist/Performer with Down Syndrome, Malta 
  Tyrone Grima, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts at Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology, Malta 
  "Representation for people with learning disabilities (PWD) in the performing arts in Malta"

• Dorothy Morrissey, Lecturer in drama education, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland 
  "Sensory theatre in special education settings"

• Beril Öztan, Drama teacher, Turkey 
  Pinar Özdemir Şimşek, Associate Professor Hacettepe University, Turkey 
  "I'm in Life"

Session 2

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room:410 (wheelchair accesible)

Language:

English

Promoting equality and human rights through drama education

Chair: Μartha Katsaridou, Assistant Professor, Thessaly University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece

• Zeki Özen, Associate Prof. Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey 
  "Teachers' views on refugees’ school integration in Turkey focusing on art-based activities"

• Nassia (Athanasia) Choleva, Post-Doctoral Researcher, School of Drama, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “Drama in primary education and Competences for Democratic Culture: towards a framework for drama teachers and facilitators”

• Nancy Franco, drama educator, Colegio Nueva Granada and Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá Colombia
  "Drama Education: an answer to prepare for an unpredictable world"

• Ilaria Paradiso, PHD Student, University of Bologna, Italy 
  "Theatre of the Oppressed: A Pedagogical Tool for Social Change"

• Zühal Armoni, MA in Drama Education, Primary School Teacher, Turkey,
  İhsan Metinnam, Assistant Professor Ankara University Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey
  “Beyond Happily Ever After: Challenging Gender Stereotypes with Process Drama in Eastern Turkey”

Session 3

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room:313 (wheelchair accesible)

Language:

GREEK

(Post-)colonial and (anti-)hegemonic narratives of otherness through participatory forms of theatre

Chair: Maria Fragi,  University of Patras, Theatre Studies

• Penelope Avouri Theatrologist, PhD Department of Theatre Studies of the University of the Peloponnese, Managing Director of Zakynthos’ Centre of Education on the Environment and Sustainability, Greece
  "Inclusion and decolonisation of the mind"

• Aktina Stathaki, Dr. of Theatre Studies, independent researcher and Creative producer, Greece 
  “Inclusiveness as (anti-)hegemonic practice: Reflections on Azas’ and Tsinikoris’ Romáland”

• Maria Olga Athinaiou, Theatre Practitioner - Processworker, Greece
  "Towards Exploring Expanded Approaches to Social Challenges through Theatre"

• Vera Lardi, MS. Psych., Psychodramatist, Adult Educator, Performer, Greece
  Alexandra Vassiliou, Ph.D., Social Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Adult Educator, Greece
  "Social Dialogue Theatre"

Session 4

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room:312 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: GREEK

Theatre of the real – documentary theatre for critical education

Chair: Georgina Kakoudaki director

• Avra Avdi, Language teacher, Drama teacher, Greece
  Melina Hadjigeorgiou, Drama teacher, educator, Greece
  Myrto Pigou-Repousi, Assistant Professor of Theatre in Education University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  "Look at Me! Meeting the Refugees of 1922 in Nea Aretsou"

• Lazaros Filippos Zarfeiadis, Drama Teacher in Primary Education, PhD Candidate at the Department of Theatre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “The Contribution of “Theatre of the Real” to Critical Education for Human Rights”

• Alexia Papakosta, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  Angeliki Tobrou, theater teacher, actress and director, Greece
  Katerina Youni, Public Historian Greece
  "Cracks and passages, memories and fragments - Presentation of an experiential workshop on the trauma of the Asia Minor refugee and its transgenerational transmission"

• Rania Karachaliou, Assistant professor, University of Ioannina, Greece
  “Combining Critical Literacy with Educational Drama and Docu-Drama: The case of Liquid Racism

Session 5

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room:310 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: GREEK

Performances and actions of inclusion in the public space

Chair: Anna Tsichli, University of the Peloponnese

• Miranda Vatikioti, PhD candidate in University of Peloponnese – Faculty of Theater Studies, Greece 
  Rigas Zafeiriou, Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA), Greece 
  “Bridging Generations through Performing Arts and Food Heritage: The case of an intergenerational initiative in Messenia Greece”
• Pandora Giamalidou member of “Skasiarcheio” Pedagogical Group, Greece,  
  Anastasia Karagianni member of “Skasiarcheio” Pedagogical Group, Greece
  “Inclusive Community and Neighborhood Actions Based on the Philosophy of Social Pedagogy”
• Nikoletta Dimopoulou Applied Theatre & Performance Artist Greece
  "I didn’t mean it! – a participatory digital performance about Intimate-partner Abuse"
• Katerina Chalkou drama teacher, PhD Theatre Studies, Greece
  "In the Hall of the Senses: The case of the artistic performance-happening Women: artists and models, a performance-virtual museum"

Session 6

Saturday
22/3/2025
12.30-14.30

Room:409-chorodias (wheelchair accesible)

Language:

GREEK

Drama for the empowerment of inmates

Chair: Alkistis Kontoyanni, University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece

• Magda Vitsou, Special Teaching Staff, University of Thessaly, Greece 
  Kostas Magos, Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece 
  “The Contribution of Applied Puppetry and Life Stories to the Empowerment of Young Detained Migrants”

• Elpida Stratou, PhD Candidate, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Attica, Greece 
  Aikaterini Dima, Doctor of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy, Greece 
  “Puppetry as a Tool for Inclusion and Education in Correctional Facilities”

• Marina-Stavroula Tsagri, Social Worker, Greece 
  “Drama in Education as means of strengthening the Self-Conception of adult prisoners. An Action Research in a Closed Detention Center”

• Ioanna Mendrinou, PhD in Theatre Studies, Educational Consultant, Directorate of Primary Education, 4th District of Athens, Greece, 
  Alkistis Kontogianni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “'Ruptures with the self-evident' through Drama in Education and Creative Writing at the Tripolis (Greece) Correctional Facility”

• Valentina Michael, PhD Candidate, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “Can the future bear the barbed wire? An ethnographic approach of twelve interventions in prison (Nafplio Prison Greece)”

• Dimitris Dimitriadis, musician, Greece
  Tatialena Katehis, dramatist, Greece
  Aikaterini Kouni, dramatist, theatrologist, Greece
  "Cultivating the creative thinking of inmates through visual and musical expression: Action research in Nafplion prisons"

• Sofia Michalopoulou, Preschool teacher, Greece 
  George Demos, Teacher of secondary vocational education, Greece 
  Katerina Karanagnosti, Adult Educator, Greece 
  “Shall we go to Jail? From Cinema to Theatre... my mind escapes”

Session 7

Saturday
22/3/2025
13.30-14.30

Room:  5404 (wheelchair accessible)

Language: Greek

SUNDAY 23 March 2025, 15.00-17.00

Session 8

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:310 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: English

Intercultural performing arts practices for inclusive communities

Chair: Myrto Pigou-Repousi, Assistant Professor, Thessaloniki University – Theatre Department

• Cecilia Carponi, Research fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 
  "The Contemporary Puppet Theatre in Italy: Pedagogical and Educational Pathways for Inclusive Societies" 

• Janardan Ghosh, story performer, creative director, education officer, India 
  "Exploration of "Education for Vulnerable Social Groups"  using Intercultural Theatre and Kathābhinaya Practices"

• William Yip, director Ximalaya Drama/Theatre & Education Innovation Institute, China
  "Empowering Education Equity and Well-Being of “Left-behind Children” (and their Teachers) in Rural Village Schools in China through Theatre and Drama Education " 

• Daniel Dilliplane, Independent Scholar-Artist, USA 
  "Promoting Racial Equity with/in the InterPlay Performance Practice"

• Erika Piazzoli Associate Professor in Arts Education at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  "Shades of Belonging: An Arts-Based Inquiry into Drama, Migration and Language"

Session 9

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:312 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: English

Creating an inclusive classroom for all learners through drama education and applied performance techniques

Chair: Adam Cziboly associate professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

• Graham Lea, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba Canada 
  "Paramathematics for Creating Pathways to Mathematics Understanding" 

• Nathalie Fratini, Ministère de l' Education Nationale Luxembourg / Vocational Training, Luxembourg
  "Personal development through the use of performative teaching methods in training to become an assistant for disable people"

• Laura Bavalics, Early childhood educator, director of Pendula Preschool and Kindergarten, Budapest, Hungary 
  "Birds don't walk on stairs" 

• Mirona-Horiana Stanescu, senior lecturer Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  Ioana-Letitia Serban, Assistant Professor Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  Andrea Hathazi, associate professor Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  "Theatre as an impactful teaching tool to support inclusion of children with special education needs"

Session 10

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:311 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: GREEK

Theatre Education for Inclusion: Curricula and Applications
 

Chair: Takis Tzamargias, theatre director
 

• Maria Kladaki, Associate Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece 
  Konstantinos Mastrothanasis, Adjunct Professor, Open University of Cyprus 
  Panagiotis Alexopoulos, PhD candidate, University of the Aegean, Greece 
  “An Evaluation of the Inclusivity Dimension in the New Curriculum for Drama Education”

• Emmelia Danai Tsioti, Theatrologist, Greece
  "Developing empathy through theatre games and creative writing in an intercultural context"

• Georgina Kakoudaki, Director, Greece
  Dimitris Mavreas, Theatre teacher, Language teacher, Greece 
  "An Alternative Teaching Approach of Ancient Greek texts Funeral Oration of Pericles and Antigone of Sophocles: Theatre as a means of inclusion in the teaching of a school subject"

• Dimitra Chountala, PhD candidate, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Peloponnese, Greece
  "Approaching diversity with the help of performing arts in high school literature class"

Session 11

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:313 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: GREEK

Theatre for children and theatre education for human rights
 

Chair: Maria Kladaki Associate Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece 
 

• Katerina Kosti, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “'Pedagogy of discomfort' and educational drama: Towards an inclusive social justice education”

• Aikaterini Dima, Phd Theatre/Drama Pedagogy, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “The Contribution of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy to the Development of Critical Thinking for the Creation of a Participatory and Inclusive School”

• Panagiotis Barmpagiannis, PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy Department, University of Western Macedonia, Greece 
  Dr. Aikaterini Katsiana, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, University of Western Macedonia, Greece 
  “Advocacy as a teaching subject for Higher Education Students A Dramatic Playing Training Program”

• Ioanna Mendrinou, PhD in Theatre Studies, Educational Consultant, Directorate of Primary Education, 4th District of Athens, Greece
  "Theatre as a Child's Right and Children's Rights in Theatre for Young Audiences"  

• Ifigenia Georgiadou, Director at the Hellenic Culture Centre, Greece
  Kyriaki Pertsinidou,Coordinator of School Projects and Networks at the Educational Authority of  Eastern Attica, Greece
  "Theatre as a tool for Creativity and Inclusion at the European Teacher Academy"

Session 12

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:410 (wheelchair accesible)

Language: GREEK

Theatre pedagogical and theatrical practices for the inclusion of people with disabilities and/or developmental disorders
 

Chair: Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
 

• Maria Koltsida, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Early Childhood Education & Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  “Theatre Education in Special Education: issues of educational policy”

• Athina Avramidi, Philologist, Principal of the General High School of Zacharo, Greece 
  Dimitrios Bantes, Economics Teacher at the General High School of Zacharo, Greece 
  Christina Nanou, Civil Engineer, Greece
   Maria Drossinou-Korea, Assistant Professor at the University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “Theatrical Performance as an Intervention for the Inclusion of a Student on the Autism Spectrum in the Context of General High School Education”

• Elisavet-Maria Moraitopoulou, Kindergarten Teacher, Greece 
  Maria Geka, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology in Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor of Theater Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  Kyriakoula Rothou, Assistant Professor of Special Education - Learning Disabilities, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “Social Representations of Primary Education Teachers on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the General Education System: The Role of Art Classes”

• Theodora Papaioannou, Doctor & postdoctoral researcher, University of Thessaly, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “The contribution of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy practices to the teaching of History for the inclusion of students with disabilities and special educational needs”

• Olga Chamoulia, Philologist, MSc Candidate, Greece,
  Magda Kapnia-Despotopoulou, Philologist, MSc Candidate, Greece
  Vasilis Αrgyropoulos, Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly, Greece
  "Theater as a Means of Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities"

Session 13

Saturday
23/3/2025
15.00-17.00

Room:409-chorodias (wheelchair accesible)

Language: English/Greek

SHORT FILMS SCREENINGS & DISCUSSION

"Short films, great ideas"

Chair: Maria Leonida, KARPOS – Educational Centre for intercultural communication, Greece

Can short films talk on diversity and racism?

Screenings of short films from several countries that have been developed through collective workshops.

MORE HERE!