Website of the DISSINET Project

4 Apr 2019

The website of the Dissident Networks Project (principal investigator: Dr. David Zbíral) is up and running. It contains a presentation of the research project and team as well as some of the first outcomes.

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.
13 Aug

Pain and suffering as part of religious life: The Mauritian Thaipusam kavadi

In a pop-science article published in Dingir, E. Kundtová Klocová discusses the various socio-cultural aspects of the Thaipusam Kavadi ritual as practiced in Mauritius.

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David Zbíral was appointed Professor in History

Members of customs offices impacted the spread of the Roman cult of Mithras: New article

Summer schools on quantitative methods: A report by Tereza Menšíková

Pain and suffering as part of religious life: The Mauritian Thaipusam kavadi