20 Dec 2022

Can artificial intelligence read medieval inquisition records?

ChatGPT, a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI, has taken the Internet by storm and has generated quite a fuss also in the DISSINET team. First impressions of ChatGPT’s reaction to medieval Latin texts are astonishing.

12 Dec 2022

Data on witchcraft trials in the Czech lands published online

More on persons, places, charges, punishments, and material substances can be found in the the most comprehensive digital dataset of witchcraft trials in the Czech lands completed by Eva Brhelová, Veronika Praženková, Anna Bílková, Anna and David Zbíral.

9 Dec 2022

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja published a chapter discussing the relationship between ritual and anxiety in The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion.

8 Dec 2022

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Martin Lang, Jan Krátký, and Dimitris Xygalatas published a paper on ritualization and anxiety reduction in Scientific Reports.

7 Dec 2022

Rituals and moral norm objectivization

Radim Chvaja, Jan Horský, Martin Lang, and Radek Kundt published a study on ritual and objectivity of moral norms in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.

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.

20 Oct 2022

What do nonbelievers believe in?

In a paper published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Eva Kundtová Klocová and Dan Řezníček collaborated with an international research team lead by Valerie van Mulukom to study worldviews of nonbelievers.

18 Oct 2022

What motivates ritual participation?

In the journal Slovak Ethnology, Peter Maňo and Dimitris Xygalatas published an article focused on the motivations to partake in rituals.

18 Oct 2022

LEVYNA has a new director

Martin Lang took on the role of LEVYNA’s director after Radek Kundt.

13 Oct 2022

Rap music and moral norms

Jan Horský published an article on the role of narrative art in the transmission of moral norms in the Journal of Cognition and Culture.

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.

4 Oct 2022

DISSINET Digital Humanities approach presented in a podcast

David Zbíral was invited to a podcast by the Centre of Early Medieval Studies to talk about digital humanities approch in the research of medieval dissident communities.

3 Oct 2022

CEDRR has a new head!

The translatio imperii in CEDRR is finished and our Tomáš Glomb has taken up the responsibilities from the previous head and co-founder of the centre, David Zbíral, who will continue as the PI of the ERC DISSINET project and will remain the bedrock of CEDRR.

3 Oct 2022

Early Christian Baptisteries online

The most up-to-date geocoded dataset of 1,100+ Christian buildings from 3rd-12th century created with participation of DISSINET project now available online.

29 Sep 2022

LEVYNA members became IACESR elects

Within the International Association for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion, Eva Kundtová Klocová was elected a secretary general and Martin Lang a member at large.

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6 Dec 2024

Lecture: Buddhism and the Quest for Justice: Ambedkarite Migration and New Diasporas

2:00 PM lecture

2 Dec 2024

Public lecture by Ross Pain: Hierarchical cognition and the evolution of syntax

2:00 PM lecture

LEVYNA invites you to a public lecture by Ross Pain (University of Bristol, UK) entitled Hierarchical cognition and the evolution of syntax

12 Nov 2024

Invitation to the book presentation: The Problem of Re-enchantment in (Central-Eastern) Europe: About Three Recent Publications..

4:00 PM lecture

6 Nov 2024

CEDRR guest lecture "Political Networks: What Are They and How Do They Matter?"

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Dr. Petr Ocelík from the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Masaryk University, will illustrate how social network analysis, as a methodological and metatheoretical framework, contributes to a better understanding of the political world.

Event calendar

Can artificial intelligence read medieval inquisition records?

Data on witchcraft trials in the Czech lands published online

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Ritualization reduces anxiety

Rituals and moral norm objectivization

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

Reapproaching inquisition records

What do nonbelievers believe in?

What motivates ritual participation?

LEVYNA has a new director

Rap music and moral norms

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

DISSINET Digital Humanities approach presented in a podcast

CEDRR has a new head!

Early Christian Baptisteries online

LEVYNA members became IACESR elects

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Lecture: Buddhism and the Quest for Justice: Ambedkarite Migration and New Diasporas

Public lecture by Ross Pain: Hierarchical cognition and the evolution of syntax

Invitation to the book presentation: The Problem of Re-enchantment in (Central-Eastern) Europe: About Three Recent Publications..

CEDRR guest lecture "Political Networks: What Are They and How Do They Matter?"