The Future of Education
Darija Kuharić
Institution: Faculty of Education, J. J. Strossmayer University Osijek
Country: Croatia
Darija Kuharić was born in Osijek, where she attended primary and secondary school and graduated from the Faculty of Education in Osijek (now the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences). In 1988, she earned the title of Professor of English Language and Literature and German Language and Literature. From 1989 to 1994, she worked at the Economic School in Osijek. She then joined the Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek (now FAZOS), where she worked as a lecturer and senior lecturer in English and German until 2018.
In the 2015/2016 academic year, Darija enrolled in the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary University Program in Cultural Studies at the Doctoral School of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, focusing on Culture, Art, and Literature in a European Context. While working at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, she defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Semantics of the Private: A Family Handwritten Recipe Collection from the 19th/20th Century,” in 2020 under the mentorship of academician Helena Sablić Tomić. In 2021, Darija was appointed a research associate in the interdisciplinary field (ethnology and anthropology, philology, and information and communication sciences).
Since 2023, she has been employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education in Osijek, where she serves as the head of the Center for the Anthropology of Education. Darija has participated in creating and implementing projects, presented at numerous national and international conferences, and authored a range of scientific papers. She also authorizes the scientific monograph “Štih i Šmek: Semantika Privatnog” (2023). In 2024, Darija designed and led the project "Little Media Explorers" in Osijek Kindergartens, aimed at developing media literacy among young children and preschoolers. The project was funded by the Croatian Agency for Electronic Media and implemented through educational workshops and activities tailored to the youngest participants, with a focus on fostering critical thinking and safe media use.
Areas of expertise: Philology, Ethnology and Anthropology, Information and Communication Sciences
In the 2015/2016 academic year, Darija enrolled in the Postgraduate Interdisciplinary University Program in Cultural Studies at the Doctoral School of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, focusing on Culture, Art, and Literature in a European Context. While working at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, she defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Semantics of the Private: A Family Handwritten Recipe Collection from the 19th/20th Century,” in 2020 under the mentorship of academician Helena Sablić Tomić. In 2021, Darija was appointed a research associate in the interdisciplinary field (ethnology and anthropology, philology, and information and communication sciences).
Since 2023, she has been employed as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education in Osijek, where she serves as the head of the Center for the Anthropology of Education. Darija has participated in creating and implementing projects, presented at numerous national and international conferences, and authored a range of scientific papers. She also authorizes the scientific monograph “Štih i Šmek: Semantika Privatnog” (2023). In 2024, Darija designed and led the project "Little Media Explorers" in Osijek Kindergartens, aimed at developing media literacy among young children and preschoolers. The project was funded by the Croatian Agency for Electronic Media and implemented through educational workshops and activities tailored to the youngest participants, with a focus on fostering critical thinking and safe media use.
Areas of expertise: Philology, Ethnology and Anthropology, Information and Communication Sciences
