CEDRR
Centre for the Digital Research of Religion

The Centre for the Digital Research of Religion (CEDRR) at Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Department for the Study of Religions is an interdisciplinary centre applying computational methods in research into religion. It represents a focal point of competence in Computational and Digital Humanities at Masaryk University and hosts the Generative Historiography of Religion Project (GEHIR), the Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), the Cultural Evolution of Moralizing Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean (CEMRAM), as well as several other research endeavours. It makes use of various computational approaches ranging from network analysis and quantitative text analysis through geographic information science to agent-based modelling, set in the broader framework of computational social science. Within the Study of Religions Ph.D. curriculum, CEDRR allows students to combine competence in computational techniques with solid domain knowledge in their respective areas of expertise.

CEDRR in a nutshell:

research-oriented computational approach to religion;
distinctive focus on premodern history;
various methods of computational analysis;
outstanding record of external funding, including an ERC Consolidator Grant;
English Ph.D. programme in the Study of Religions.

News

5 Dec 2022

Tomáš Glomb wrote a book on the spread of the Egyptian cults

The book Connecting the Isiac Cults: Formal Modeling in the Hellenistic Mediterranean written by Tomáš Glomb has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing.

2 Dec 2022

Reapproaching inquisition records

David Zbíral & Robert L. J. Shaw have published the most up-to-date summary of the rich debate on the uses of medieval inquisition records. In a last, substantial section, the article explains the core of DISSINET's research agenda.

10 Oct 2022

Computing the Past Together (Conference in Pilsen, 6-8 October)

Conference Computing the Past was jointly organized by Computing Culture & Society Laboratory (CCS-Lab) and CEDRR to create an interdisciplinary meeting point for several historically oriented fields in humanities.

Events

25 Apr

CEDRR and LEVYNA guest lecture "Cognition and Rituals in the Cult of Mithras - A New Theoretical Approach"

4:00 PM

Dr. Blanka Misic from the University of Vienna, Austria (Institut für Klassische Archäologie), will deliver a lecture focusing on the topic of ritual practices and the range of religious experiences that occurred within Mithraic religious communities in the Roman Empire.