Stipe Ledić
He graduated in History and Latin from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb in 1997. He taught Latin in secondary schools. From 2000 until October 2012, he worked as a history teacher at the Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb. Since 2012, he has been employed at the Department of History of the Catholic University of Croatia.
He earned his doctorate with a dissertation titled “Josip Keresturi – Public Activity and Political Thought.” The dissertation, among other topics, explores social, political, and administrative history, focusing on the relationship between the political elites of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen and the reform policies of the Viennese Court in the second half of the 18th century.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Administrative, ecclesiastical, social, economic, and educational aspects of Josephinism in Croatia; early modern Latin historiography; history didactics.
COURSES:
Classical Language – Latin
Origins of Modern Education
Intellectual History of the Early Modern Period
Historical Perspective in History Textbooks
Collaborator on the following courses: Early Modern History; Material and Spiritual Culture of the Early Modern Period.
PROJECTS:
Between knowledge and ignorance: ideas, practices and legacy of the EnLIGHTenment in the Croatian lands – LIGHT (HRZZ;
Principal Investigator: Teodora Shek Brnardić). Project duration: January 2025 – December 2027.
Toma Kovačević – A Catalogue of the Bishops and Canons of Zagreb (Catholic University of Croatia, 2023)
Perceptions of Croatian, Slavonian, and Dalmatian Elites in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (Catholic University of Croatia, 2017–6)
Origins, Structures, and Perceptions of Social Elites in the Croatian Middle Ages and Early Modern Period (Catholic University of Croatia, 2016–1)
