Dr. Emmanuela Bakola

Biography

Emmanuela Bakola is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, where she joined in 2015, initially as a Leverhulme Research Fellow. Her research focuses on Greek theatre, including tragedy, comedy, and satyr play, exploring the interplay between ancient comedy and literary genres, as well as the methodological questions surrounding ancient literary criticism. Bakola has published critical works, including a monograph entitled 'Cratinus Art Comedy' with Oxford University Press and a co-edited volume with Cambridge University Press on Greek comedy. Her interests extend to theatricality in Greek tragedy, particularly the spatial dynamics and interactions with early Greek philosophy. During her tenure, she held prestigious fellowships, including the British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and the Humboldt Fellowship. Her ongoing research includes a monograph titled 'Performing Cosmos: Erinyes Economy Aeschylus' Oresteia', linking ancient narratives to modern thematic concerns such as economics and ecology. She has organized significant academic symposia and her teaching includes courses on Ancient Greek Theatre and Ancient Thought. Bakola has extensive publications analyzing theatrical space, environmental themes within Greek literature, and intersections of comedy and cosmic understanding in ancient texts.

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