Greek Tragedy and Human Rights: The Case of Ireland
Name of applicant
Isabelle Torrance
Title
Professor
Institution
Aarhus University
Amount
DKK 1,051,207
Year
2025
Type of grant
Monograph Fellowships
Summary
This project posits a correlation between the agitation for human rights expressed in Irish adaptations of Greek tragedy (as theatre productions, films, novels) and increased social awareness leading to the implementation of legal or societal change. Through methodology of a Human Rights-Based Approach, the project develops a new critical pathway in the field of classical reception studies.