Andrej Kapcár obhájil dizertační práci

6 Feb

Ondřej Homolka defended his thesis and got a PhD

On February 5 2026, Ondřej Homolka defended the thesis Spatial Dynamics of the Cult of Mary in Late Antiquity and passed successfully the State exam.

2 Jul 2025

Tereza Menšíková is now a PhD

On June 9, Tereza Menšíková has successfully defended her thesis Digital Mobilization: Ambedkarite Buddhism and Discourses of Change in Contemporary Anti-Caste Online Activism summa cum laude.

15 Aug 2024

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.

2 Aug 2024

Jana Nenadalová defended her dissertation thesis

Religious experiences can be found across many cultures in various forms. Nevertheless, we can trace their underlying and potentially universal factors. In her thesis, Jana asks whether these factors include sensory deprivation, social seclusion, and the influence of authority. She further explores how these factors manifest in the context of experience. Her research is based on the predictive processing theory, assuming that our bodies and minds constantly predict ongoing events and that under the influence of studied factors, these predictions – including those learned from religion – can dominate over sensory perceptions.

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