Igor Grbić

Igor Grbić is an Associate Professor at the Department of English within the Faculty of Humanities at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula. His academic career includes roles as lecturer in charge for courses such as 'British Romanticism in Literature', 'Introduction into Asian Studies', and 'Modern British Literature' at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Born in 1970, Grbić holds a B.A. in English and Indology and a Ph.D. in Literary Theory and History, focusing on E.M. Forster's A Passage to India. His research explores mythological archetypes, literary non-literary intersections, and traditional Indian literary practices.

Grbić has authored over twenty translated works from multiple languages (e.g., English, Hindi, Sanskrit), often with his own prefaces and notes. Notable publications include The Occidentocentric Fallacy: Turning Literature into a Province (2018), analyzing global literature frameworks, and Pralaya (2022), examining apocalyptic narratives. He has also published poetry, fiction, and essays, garnering awards for literary and translation achievements both nationally and internationally.

His academic contributions include interdisciplinary research on cultural hybridity, postcolonial critique, and translation ethics. Grbić’s work bridges literary analysis with broader cultural and philosophical themes, emphasizing cross-cultural dialogue and the avoidance of ethnocentric biases in literary interpretation.