12 Dec David Zbíral was appointed Professor in History Professor Zbíral received his appointment decree from the president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, on December 10, 2024, in Karolinum, Prague. Congratulations!
20 Nov Members of customs offices impacted the spread of the Roman cult of Mithras: New article Aleš Chalupa, Tomáš Glomb, and Juraj Sarkisjan published the article: Stations of the Publicum Portorium Illyrici are a Strong Predictor of the Mithraic Presence in the Danubian Provinces: Geographical Analysis of the Distribution of the Roman Cult of Mithras in Open Archaeology.
15 Aug Summer schools on quantitative methods: A report by Tereza Menšíková In this short text, Tereza looks back at the experience of attending summer schools focusing on quantitative methods and evaluates how beneficial it was for her research and self-development in the Study of religions.
28 Jun Tereza Menšíková received the Jacques Derrida Prize The Jacques Derrida Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities is awarded by the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic and Michal Martinko. The goal of this competition is to award the best PhD research work in all fields of social sciences and humanities.
19 Jun Graduate in Necromancy - A curriculum inspired card game from CEDRR Complete a Master’s degree in Necromancy in a new solo card game. Now playable in a web browser.
27 May Did medieval inquisitors fear accusations of sexual misconduct? It is a familiar image: a woman in distress, surrounded by men examining her soul in a dimly lit inquisitorial chamber. In fear of physical torture, she confesses to crimes she never committed. We bring you an online version of our article originally published in History Today.
10 Apr Map: Heresy and occupation in Bologna around 1300 DISSINET has developed an interactive map of the occupations, dissident religious affiliations, and locations of residence of nearly 900 persons suspected of heresy in the inquisition register of Bologna, 1291–1310.
29 Mar Towards a corpus of medieval inquisition records: First numbers Building upon the invaluable work of modern editors, the DISSINET project is building a textual corpus of medieval inquisitorial material, which now contains 15 registers, totals over 1.6 million tokens, and ranges from North-Central Italy through Languedoc to England, and from the 1230s until the 1520s.
