Department for the Study of Religions

30 Apr 2024

Tereza Menšíková at Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2024

Tereza Menšíková recently attended the prestigious Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2024, held this year at Michigan State University.

DISSINET

10 Apr 2024

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.

LEVYNA

6 Mar 2024

Uncertainty in a sensory deprived environment triggers the feeling of another person’s presence

In a paper published in Religion, Brain & Behavior, J. Nenadalová & D. Řezníček demonstrated that some study participants in a sensory-deprived laboratory environment sensed the presence of another person. This feeling was mostly associated with perceived uncertainty and only somewhat associated with psychological dispositions.