Mary Pittas-Herschbach

Pittas-Herschbach has published on the classical theatre of France and Greece and on contemporary Greek drama based on ancient myth.  Her book, Time and Space in Euripides and Racine: The Hippolytos of Euripides and Racine's Phèdre, was published by Peter Lang in 1990. Her paper "The Woman who Would Not Remain Silent" was included in the volume Autonomy in Logos: Anatomies of Silence, edited by Anne Cacoullos (Athens University, 1998). Pittas-Herschbach's most recent publications include: "Identity and Difference in the Iphigeneia of Petros Katsaitis." (Journal of Modern Greek Studies, May 2002) and "Transformations of Mythical Space: The Case of Kambanellis in Greek Drama" (Text and Presentation, 22/01).

Mary Pittas-Herschbach is a long-standing member of the Modern Greek Studies Association and has presented at the biennial conferences of the Association.  She has also presented papers at the Comparative Drama Conference of the State University of Ohio. 

Pittas-Herschbach teaches Modern Greek language courses, and the classical tradition in Modern Greek literature at the University of Maryland, a course featuring English translations of modern Greek authors from the Renaissance to the present.  Professor Pittas began her teaching career as a French instructor at the university of Maryland, where she taught for many years.  She also taught at Loyola College and American University before taking up   her current position with the Classics Department in 1993.  In addition to teaching Modern Greek language and literature, Professor Pittas has organized public events and lectures which have highlighted aspects of Greek culture and letters, and brought together university faculty and students and the Greek-American community of the greater Washington metropolitan area.