CLASTEA VIII “On Stage. Myth and Ritual Between Past and Present”, International Conference on the Reception of Ancient Models in Modern and Contemporary Theatre will take place on November 4-7, 2025, at the University of Messina.
The CLASTEA VIII International Congress serves as an academic forum of international relevance, designed to foster in-depth critical analysis and methodological examination of ancient theatre and its evolution in contemporary contexts. Thanks to its interdisciplinary approach, the Conference aims to encourage the intersection of multiple hermeneutic perspectives, generating a productive dialogue among specialists in the field.
During the event, internationally renowned scholars and experts from various disciplinary backgrounds will offer significant contributions to both theoretical and practical research on Greco-Latin theatrical heritage, focusing in particular on its processes of reception, appropriation, and reformulation in contemporary performative practices.
CLASTEA VIII full programme
Special Sessions
Il teatro nel mondo baltico
November 6 (12:00 PM – 12:30 PM), Università degli Studi di Messina – Aula Cannizzaro
- 12:00 PM
Chair: Silvia Piccini – Cnr-Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli” (CNR-ILC) - 12:10 PM Pietro U. Dini, Università di Pisa
Momenti della classicità nel teatro del Baltico orientale: il caso di Antigone - 12:30 PM Adriano Cerri, Università di Pisa
Il teatro classico nella Lituania post-indipendenza: ricezione, adattamento, identità
Baltic Words: Old Words for a New World – The Christianization of Baltic Peoples: Language, Culture and Religion
November 8 (11:00 AM – 5:00 PM), Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria
OWNW (Old Words for a New World: Translating Christianity to Baltic Pagans) Project – PRIN_20223FZJR4_002
- 3:20 PM
Silvia Piccini – Cnr-Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli” (CNR-ILC)
Dalle parole ai concetti: per un’ontologia del Cristianesimo a partire dai catechismi baltici - 4:40 PM
Abdelouahab Masbah, Silvia Piccini – Cnr-Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli” (CNR-ILC)
DEC Facile: An Intuitive Tool for Creating Computational Combinatory Explanatory Dictionaries