Petar Ušković Croata holds a PhD and is a research and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb. His scholarly and professional work encompasses Croatian Latinity, Latin language and literature, philosophy, and the study of Croatian literary and cultural heritage.
In the project, he contributes to the preparation of teaching materials, the delivery of workshops, direct work with students, and the collection, coding and interpretation of students’ responses. His contribution connects literary theory, philosophy and symbolic interpretation with practical experience in educational settings.
Teaching and professional activities
He studied philosophy and Latin and, in 2012, attended a one-year programme in Latin and Greek language and literature and the literature of Humanism and the Renaissance at the Accademia Vivarium Novum in Rome.
After completing his studies, he worked as a Latin and Greek teacher in several primary and secondary schools in Zagreb. He has been employed as a research and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, since March 2019.
He co-authored the first Croatian edition of the textbook Latine disco I and is the author and co-author of papers and translations in the field of Croatian Latinity. He founded the Zagreb School of Latin and is the founder and director of the Amygdala Institute for the Promotion of Humanism.
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Petar Ušković Croata, PhD, is a research and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb. He studied philosophy and Latin at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, now the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies, and at Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, now the Faculty of Croatian Studies.
During the 2012/2013 academic year, he attended a one-year programme in Latin and Greek language and literature and the literature of Humanism and the Renaissance at the Accademia Vivarium Novum in Rome under Professor Luigi Miraglia. He completed his studies in Latin and Croatian Latinity with the Latin-language thesis Erasmus Rhagusinus sive de Aποφθεγμάτων libris a Georgio Ferrich latinis versibus donatis.
After completing his studies, he worked as a substitute Latin and Greek teacher in several primary and secondary schools in Zagreb, including Ivan Gundulić Primary School, the First Grammar School and the Archdiocesan Classical Grammar School.
He defended his doctoral dissertation, Đuro Ferić’s Epigrammatic Works: Interpretation, Critical Edition and Commentary, at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, where he has been employed as a research and teaching assistant since March 2019.
He co-authored the first Croatian edition of the textbook Latine disco I and has translated several works from Latin. As a standalone translation, he published Pavao Ritter Vitezović’s Vita et martyrium Beati Vladimiri Croatiae regis. He has published scholarly papers, translations and other works related to Croatian Latinity and has presented on these topics at scholarly and professional conferences.
He is a member of the Linguistics Department of Matica hrvatska and the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies in Leuven. He founded the Zagreb School of Latin and is the founder and director of the Amygdala Institute for the Promotion of Humanism.
Within IUČIP, Ušković Croata contributes to the preparation of teaching materials, the delivery of workshops and direct work with students. He also participates in the collection, coding and interpretation of students’ responses. His contribution connects literary theory, philosophy and symbolic interpretation with practical experience in educational settings.
