I am based in the United States, but my education, training, and research span several countries: Croatia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany.
Education
2017
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Comparative Literature
2007
University of Edinburgh
School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures
Department of English Literature
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2004
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Departments of English Language and Literature and Comparative Literature
PhD English, summa cum laude
Dissertation: "Sea Narratives as Minor Literature: Reading Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad with Deleuze and Guattari"
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Fulbright doctoral research fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania.
MSc. English: Writing and Cultural Politics
Dissertation: "The Political Microcosm of Ships in Joseph Conrad's Maritime Fiction"
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MA English Language and Literature and Comparative Literature
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Teaching qualification
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Translating qualification
Fellowships and awards
2013
Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg Center for American Studies
2010-2011
Fulbright Fellowship Program
Governments of USA and Croatia
2006-2007
Republic of Croatia
Ministry of Science, Education & Sports
2004, August 1-14
Universität Konstanz
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2001-2002
City of Zagreb
Doctoral student scholarship for HCAS' annual Spring Academy in American History, Culture & Politics: one of 20 students selected from a global pool of candidates.
Doctoral research fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of English.
Financial aid for graduate study abroad: MSc. English Literature: Writing and Cultural Politics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Spies, Traitors, Renegades: Agents of Empire (American/English Studies), international summer school scholarship.
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Gifted student scholarship.