Konference: Paganism and its Others

8:00 – 21:00

The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University invites you to the academic conference "Paganism and its Others" to be held in Brno, Czech Republic, 13-14 June, 2022.

Konference: Hedonistic Occultism - Blood, Desire, Sex & Magic

8:00 – 21:00

The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University and RASWE - Research Association for the Study of Western Esotericism invite you to the academic conference "Hedonistic Occultism: Blood, Desire, Sex & Magic​" to be held in Brno, Czech Republic, 6-7 June, 2022.

Workshop: Dimitris Xygalatas - Ritual and synchrony in the wild

10:00 – 12:00

I will discuss recent and forthcoming naturalistic research on the effects of ritualized, rhythmic collective behavior. Examples include studies conducted in religious temples, sports stadiums, and other real-life settings. Although, I argue, the questions I am asking go beyond religion, they are key to understanding religious rituals.

Přednáška: Dimitris Xygalatas - Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

17:00 – 18:00

LEVYNA a HUME Lab vás srdečně zve na přednášku – pondělí 9. 5., od 17:00 - 18:00 – v místnosti C43 (pro ty, co se nemohou dostavit osobně viz Zoom link níže).

Pozvání tentokrát přijal antropolog a kognitivní vědec dr. Dimitris Xygalatas působící na Ústavu antropologie a Ústavu psychologických věd, University of Connecticut. O zacílení jeho výzkumu se dozvíte více na jeho webových stránkách (https://www.xygalatas.com/) nebo přes jeho Google Scholar profil (https://scholar.google.cz/citations?hl=en&user=misuSsoAAAAJ).