02 : CV

He has been a guest professor on many European, American, and Asian universities. On several occasions he had fellowships in France, Hungary, Poland, Italy, USA, UK, Slovenia, Norway, Finland, and Japan. He has written more than a hundred articles for encyclopedic and lexical editions and edited several collections of works (Odbrojavanje: antologija suvremene hrvatske drame, 2007; Miljenko Majetić, Između Hekube i Rabbija: dramatološki, teatrološki i ini spisi, 2017; Public Sphere between Theory, Media, and Artistic Intervention, 2019; Joseph Texte, Jean-Jacques Rousseau i ishodišta književnog kozmopolitizma, 2019; Jean-Luc, Jeener, Kazalište na samrti, 2019, Mika Hannula, Juha Suoranta, Tere Vadén, Umjetničko istraživanje: teorije, metode i prakse, 2021; Dubravko Mataković, 2022). In addition, he is the author of a number of scientific papers, essays, reviews, critiques, as well as the following books: Melpomenine maske: fenomenologija žanra tragedije u dubrovačkom ranonovovjekovlju (2007), Drugo lice drugosti: književnoantropološke studije (2009), Priučen na tumačenje: deset čitanja (2011), Odbačeni predmet: između filologije i izvedbe (2017), Tijelo kao glagol: japanski budo, transkulturalne tehnike i trening za izvedbu (2019), Preskočene niti (2022), Montažstroj’s Emancipatory Performance Politics: Never Mind the Score (2022), Tijelo nacije: uvod u japanski budo (2023), and M/F x Staging a/nd Archive (2023). For his research he received the State Award for Science (2008), the Annual Award of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (2009), “Judith” Award (2009), “Zvane Črnja” Award (2021), and Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek Reward for Research Activities (2021).

CV Education: 2021 - second PhD in Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb 2007-2008 – Postdoctoral Studies in Cultural Theory, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Tokyo and University of Osaka 2006 – first PhD in Comparative Literature and Theatre Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2013-2016 – PhD Studies in Applied Kinesiology, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb 2003 – BA and MA in Comparative Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2003 – BA and MA in Croatian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Employment: 2019-present – Full Professor (Full-Time) in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies and Cultural Studies, Department of Performance Studies, The Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2017-2019 – Associate Professor (Full-Time) in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Department of Performance Studies, The Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2016-present – Guest Associate Professor in Performance Studies and Applied Kinesiology of Japanese Budo at Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb 2016-2017 – Founder and Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD program in Intercultural Philology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2013-2017 – Associate Professor (Full-Time) in World Literature and Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2007-2013 – Assistant Professor in (Full-Time) World Literature and Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2004-2007 – Deputy Director of Zagreb School of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2004-2006 – Senior Researcher, Assistant in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2003-2004 – Junior Researcher in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Positions: 2017-present – Research Fellow at Research Centre for post-Yugoslav areas (PROP) at Warsaw University 2017-present – Director of InterScArt – Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Humanities, The Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2017-2018 – Director of PhD program in Philology in the Intercultural Context at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2013-2015 – Chair in Early Modern Literature at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 2004-2007 – Deputy Director of Zagreb School of Slavic Studies at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

Selected Other Professional Activities: 2023-present – Istrian National Theatre Consultant, in charge of cultural program, writing promotion materials, flyers, and playbills 2008-present – Japanese Budo Workshops in Croatia, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Douala, Yaoundé (Cameroon), Oslo, Oskarsberg (Norway), Paris, Crest, Carry-le-Rouet (France), Edinburgh, Glasgow (Scotland), Mürren, Zurich, Caslano, Magliasso (Switzerland), Valombrossa, Florence (Italy), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Banja Luka (Bosnia), Kecskemet (Hungary) 2015-2022 – Croatian National Theatre Consultant, in charge of writing promotion materials, flyers, and playbills 2017 – Choreographer, Ciganin, ali najljepši, directed by Ivica Buljan 2018 – Det Norske Teatret consultant, in charge of writing promotion materials and playbill introduction for Den Siste Kongsfesten, directed by Ivica Buljan 2018-2019 – Dionysius Festival Artistic Director, in charge of the Program Concept Kill B., dir. Bruno Isaković, Zagreb Dance Center, Assistant Choreographer

Fellowships and Grants: 2023 – CEEPUS Fellowship at PROP Center at the Institute for Western and South-Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw 2022 – ERASMUS Fellowship at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana 2021 – ERASMUS Fellowship at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2019 – University of Osaka, Department of World Literatures 2019 – CEEPUS Fellowship at PROP Centre at University of Warsaw 2019 – CEEPUS Fellowship at the Institute of Philology at Pecs University 2018 – ERASMUS Fellowship on Performance Studies Program at Northumbria University, Newcastle 2018 – CEEPUS Fellowship at PROP Center at the Institute for Western and South-Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw 2017 – ERASMUS Fellowship at the Institute for Western and South-Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw 2015 – CEEPUS Fellowship at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2012 – UNIZG Bilateral Fellowship at University of Tokyo (Department for Literary and Cultural Studies), Japan 2011 – ERASMUS Fellowship at the Institute for Western and South-Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland 2010 – Japan Fellowship at the University of Osaka (Research Center for World Literatures), Japan 2009 – CEEPUS Fellowship at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009 – Eötvös Loránd University Fellowship, Budapest, Hungary 2008 – Australian Embassy Bilateral Fellowship, University of Sydney, Australia 2007-2008 – Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences Fellowship in Cultural Theory at the University of Tokyo (Department for Cultural Studies, Department of Literary Studies), University of Sapporo (Research Center for World Literatures) and University of Osaka (Research Center for Conflict Studies in Humanities), Japan

National Affiliate and Visiting Professorships: 2017-present – PhD Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia 2017-present – PhD Program Visiting Professor in Theatre and Performance Studies, Doctoral School, University of Osijek, Croatia 2013-present – PhD Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split, Croatia 2008-present – PhD Program Visiting Professor in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Osijek, Croatia 2016 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, University of Pula, Croatia 2016 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia

International Visiting Professorships: 2020-2022 - Visiting Fellow at Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana 2019 – MA Program Visiting Professor at University of Osaka, Department of World Literatures 2016-2018 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Krakow, Poland 2016-2018 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland 2016-2018 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures), University of Katowice and Sosnowiec, Poland 2010-2017 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Theatre Studies), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2009 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, Center for Cultural and Literary Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan 2009 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, Research Center for Conflict Studies in Humanities, University of Osaka, Japan 2009 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities, Center for Slavic Studies, University of Sapporo, Japan 2008 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures), La Sorbonne, Paris VI, France 2008-2009 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Theatre Studies), University of Katowice and Sosnowiec, Poland 2008 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Theatre Studies), University of Wroclaw, Poland 2006-2007 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures, Theatre Studies), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2006 – MA Program Visiting Professor in Humanities (South-Slavic Literatures and Cultures), University La Sapienza, Italy 2006 – AAASS Visiting Professor in South-Slavic Studies, Washington University, USA

PhD Mentorships: Silvana Ereiz (2012), Tipologija likova u dubrovačkoj komediji osamnaestoga stoljeća Lada Muraj (co-mentorship with Milovan Tatarin) (2015), Suodnos akademskog diskursa i scenskih izvedbi u procesu kanonizacije Držićeva dramskog opusa Ivana Pepić (co-mentorship with Zlata Šundalić) (2015), Strategije oblikovanja diskurza o svakodnevici u književnoj kulturi Slavonije 18. stoljeća Ivan Missoni (2018) (co-mentorship with Mijo Korade), Fizička i ekstatička ljubav u hrvatskim crkvenim prikazanjima Mia Đikić (2018), Etnička drugost i groteska u dramama Marina Držića

Research Projects: Practicing Communities in Transition: Art, Institutions, and the Public Sphere, 2018-2020, financed by Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek (Principal Researcher) Epistemology of Literary Historiography, 2013-2016, financed by Croatian Foundation for Science (Principal Researcher) Oneiric as Poetological and Anthropological problem, 2007-2011, financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science (Senior Research Assistant) Literary Anthropology, 2002-2006, financed by the Croatian Ministry of Science (Junior Researcher)

Awards: Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek Reward for Research Activities (2021) Zvane Črnja Award for Theoretical Essay (2020) Split Literary Circle – The Judith Award (2009) University of Zagreb – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Award (2009) Republic of Croatia State Award for Young Researchers (2008)

Selected International Conferences: Identity and Difference: Production of Cultural Stereotypes, Lovran 2005 Slavic Studies Congress, Varaždin 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, Washington 2006 Comparative Literary History Conference, Split 2005 Comparative Literary History Conference, Split 2006 Comparative Literary History Conference, Split 2007 Marin Držić – A Renaissance Lighthouse, Paris 2008 Marin Držić: 1508–2008, Zagreb 2008 Literature and Culture after Linguistic Turn, Budapest 2013 Humanities Challenge, Poznan 2013 Rethinking History, Timisoara 2014 Intercultural Turn, Osaka 2014 Shifting Dialogues, Helsinki 2014 Romanian Slavic Congress Meeting, Bucharest 2015 Narratology an Its Dispossessed, Zagreb 2017 Topologies of Thinking, Zagreb 2017 Institutions after 1989, Warsaw 2017 Theatre between Politics and Policies: New Challenges, Belgrade 2018 Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Conference, Amsterdam 2018 Cultural Mobility of Performance and Performance studies, Krakow 2018 Migration Theories, Split 2019. Butoh Encounters, Oslo 2019. Covid Crises in Bioetic Surrounding, Split 2020. Modernism in Translation, Lublin 2023. Rethinking Crisis, Osijek 2024.

Organization and Co-Organization of Conferences: 2004 – European Framework of Croatian Literature, Zagreb School of Slavic Studies 2005 – Popular Culture and Literature, Zagreb School of Slavic Studies 2006 – Ideology and Literature, Zagreb School of Slavic Studies 2018 – Public Sphere between Theory and Artistic Intervention, Doctoral School, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek

Higher-Education Institution Accreditation and Evaluation Committees: 2023 – AICA, Academy of Music, Riga, Latvia 2022 – AZVO, The Academy of Drama and Theatre, University of Zagreb 2021 – Dostoral Programmes, Romania, University of Timisoar, Iasi, Bucharest, Sibiu 2015 – AZVO, The Academy of Arts, University of Split; The Academy of Arts, University of Pula 2016 – AZVO, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Pula 2017 – AZVO, Humanities Program, University of Dubrovnik

Popularization of Research: 2015 – TV-show Hrvatski velikani, directed by Robert Knjaz 2015-2022 – performance studies adviser in Croatian National Theatre and Zagreb Youth Theatre in Zagreb (playbills, flyers, promotional materials) 2017-present – organization of roundtables at The Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2023-present - performance studies adviser in Istrian National Theatre and in Pula (playbills, flyers, promotional materials) 2023-present – tribune and public lectures coordinator in Istrian National Theatre and in Pula

Research Interests: Performative Anthropology, Theatre and Performance Studies, Transculturalism and Performance, Japanese Budō and Performing Arts, Public Sphere Theories, Comparative Literature and Discourse Analysis, Performance Politics