​Keynote speakers for the 2024 conference:

Piero Boitani, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at the University of Rome “Sapienza” and at the University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano.
OPENING ADDRESS - Episodes from Plato’s Poem

Anton Bierl, Professor of Greek Philology, Ancient Greek Studies/Classics, University of Basel:
The Dramatized Word: Electra and Orestes on Stage

Patrick Goujon SJ, Professor of Spiritual Theology and Dogmatic Theology at Facultés Loyola, Paris and Senior Fellow in Spirituality and Theology, Campion Hall, Oxford:
Precarious Words: the Paradoxical Power of Prayer

Michael Kirwan SJ, Associate Professor, Theology in the Catholic Tradition, Director of the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Love's Performance: God, the World, and Dramatic Theology

Emma Mason, Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, UK
Interior Drama in the Catholic Revival

Donatella Montini, Professor of English Language and Translation, Università la Sapienza, Rome.
Royal Voices at Prayer in Early Modern English  Texts: a pragmastylistic exploration of religious discourse

Carol Rutter, Professor Emerita of Shakespeare and Performance Studies, University of Warwick, UK
WORKSHOP - Shakespeare at Prayer

Antonio Spadaro SJ, Undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education
Performing the Word and Poetic Faith

Tom Stern, Professor of Philosophy at University College London
The History of Philosophy: A Dialogue with the Past?