Georgios Kraias
Visiting Professor Department of Studies in Greek Culture of the Hellenic Open University
Georgios Kraias (born 1981 in Serres/Greece) graduated from the Department of Philology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003) and received his doctorate in philosophy from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (2008) – thesis title: Epische Szenen in Tragischem Kontext: Untersuchung zu den Homer-Bezügen bei Aischylos, Frankfurt am Main: PeterLang Verlag 2011. He is also a graduate of the Department of German Language and Philology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2026). Since 2016 he is teaching at the Department of Theatre Studies of the Open University of Cyprus and since 2017 at the Department of Studies in Greek Culture of the Hellenic Open University. His research fields extend from Classical Studies to Modern Greek and Linguistic Studies, and his main body of work is located in ancient Greek tragedy and its reception. His works have been published in domestic and international journals (Ellinika, Logeion, Paravasis, Parnassos, Platon, Scene, Philologiki, Philologos, Philosophein, QUCC, Wiener Studien) and have been included in the proceedings of Panhellenic and international conferences. He is currently preparing a monograph on Heiner Müller's plays on ancient themes.