Research group members

• assistant professor Dr. Lovro Škopljanac, principal investigator

Assistant professor at the Department of Comparative Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Zagreb. MAs in Comparative Literature, English Language and Literature, Japanese Studies and Conference Interpreting. Received his PhD in 2013 with the thesis titled Analysis of Recollection of Literary Works by Empirical Readers. His research interests revolve around five CLS acronyms: Comparative Literary Studies, Contemporary Literary Subjects (readers), Cognitive Literary Studies, Computational Literary Studies, and Croatian Literature Studies. A detailed listing of his work is available at CROSBI.

• Dr. Velna Rončević, postdoctoral researcher

Graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb with a degree in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, as well as Polish language and literature, and completed an MA in Japanese language and culture. During 2014-2015 participated in a six-month Program for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields of the Japan Foundation in Japan. In 2016 started to work as an associate at the Section of Japanese Studies, Department of Indology and Far Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Received her PhD in 2021 with the thesis titled Japanese popular culture reception in Croatia as exemplified by anime and manga fans, and her research interests involve the areas of globalization, fan studies and anthropology of the future.

• Luka Ostojić, doctoral researcher

Completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in sociology and comparative literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. Worked as a journalist, media and literary editor, film and literary critic, cultural program manager and pedagogue. Was the editor-in-chief of the literature portal Booksa.hr and the executive editor of the bi-weekly culture journal Zarez. Authored a book of critical fiction Help, we read a book! Clinical Glossary of Critical Reading (Kulturtreger and Kurziv, 2018). Currently a student in a PhD programme on literary theory, theatrology and dramatology, filmology, musicology and cultural studies. His work focuses on the impact of school required reading on readers in the Republic of Croatia.