Vicky Angelaki

Vicky Angelaki is a Professor at Mid Sweden University’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences since January 2020. With 15 years of full-time academic experience in the UK (University of Reading, University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University), she specializes in interdisciplinary literary and theatre studies, focusing on societal/political intersections, environmental humanities, cultural sociology, and contemporary British drama.

• BA (Hons) English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003)
• MA Drama & Theatre, Royal Holloway (2005)
• PhD Drama & Theatre, Royal Holloway (2009)

Her research explores theatre’s role in addressing climate crisis, digital environments, and sociopolitical issues. Recent projects include Performing Interspaces: Social Fluidities in Contemporary Theatre (RJ-funded monograph, 2022) and co-editing the Palgrave Macmillan series Adaptation in Theatre and Performance. She leads the Political Literatures research network at Mid Sweden University.

Recent publications and presentations analyze environmental dystopias, gendered geopolitics in classical adaptations, and pandemic-era theatre pedagogy. Her work synthesizes ecocritical frameworks with performance studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary methodologies and international collaboration.

• RJ Sabbatical Grant (2022)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2018)

She teaches courses on Literature and Crisis, Contemporary Anglophone Theatre, and Political Literatures, supervising PhD candidates in collaboration with the University of Reading. Professional affiliations include the European Theatre Research Network, International Federation for Theatre Research, and assessment roles for Uppsala University’s KoF24 research evaluation.