13 Jul 2021 Missing gods or data? In their new piece in Nature, Beheim et al. (including LEVYNA’s Martin Lang) discuss factors influencing our ability to detect the presence of beliefs in moralizing gods in past societies.
7 Jul 2021 Ritualization increases the perceived efficacy of actions Peter Maňo, together with D. Xygalatas and G. Baranowski Pinto, published an article in Cognition.
1 Jul 2021 Awe and prosociality LEVYNA published an article on the influence of the awe emotion on prosocial behavior in Religion, Brain & Behavior.
1 May 2021 The journal Sacra has a new website The Journal Sacra has a new website. Readers will find not only a new design and detailed information for authors but also news from the field of religious studies.
22 Dec 2020 Synchrony and group moral hypocrisy Radim Chvaja, Radek Kundt, and Martin Lang published an article in Frontiers in Psychology.
18 Dec 2020 Anestis Karasaridis received IGA grant Anestis Karasaridis has succeeded with his grant proposal “The Antonine Plague in Rome: Comparative Modeling of Different Pathogens” in the grant competition for doctoral students (IGA) organized by Masaryk University.
17 Dec 2020 Jana Nenadalová received IGA grant The Masaryk University Internal Grant Agency will fund her project Sensing spirits and other dangerous beings.
9 Dec 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Dr. Zbíral Dr. Zbíral has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant for a five-year research project “Networks of Dissent: Computational Modelling of Dissident and Inquisitorial Cultures in Medieval Europe”.
8 Oct 2020 Dr Zbíral awarded the Rector’s Prize Dr Zbíral has been awarded the 2020 Masaryk University Rector's Prize for an exceptional research outcome.
9 Sep 2020 Intergroup violence and trustworthiness Dan Řezníček and Radek Kundt published a study in the Journal of Cognition and Culture.
1 Sep 2020 DISSINET is looking for a research assistant The Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET) seeks a short-term research assistant with competence in Latin language and in historical research.
19 Aug 2020 (How) does religious priming work? A new study, in which Martin Lang and Radek Kundt took part, was published in PLoS ONE.
19 Aug 2020 Map: Premonstratensian monasteries in France New interactive map visualizing dataset of Premonstratensian houses in France from the foundation of the order up to the present.
13 Aug 2020 Why did memetics fail? Radim Chvaja published an article in the Perspectives on Science, The MIT Press.
29 Jun 2020 Does ritual behavior decrease anxiety? A new publication by Martin Lang, Jan Krátký and Dimitris Xygalatas in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
22 May CEDRR talk "RELIC: A Digital Approach to Christianisation and the Everyday People on the Eastern Fringes of the Ottonian-Salian Empire" 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Medievalist and archaeologist Mária Vargha from the University of Vienna will talk about her project focused on comparative investigation of the Christianisation processes in East-Central Europe.
15 May CEDRR talk: Unpeeling the layers of inquisition trial records with CASTEMO (Computer-Assisted Semantic Text Modelling) 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Robert Shaw from the DISSINET project will present the potential of Computer-Assisted Semantic Text Modelling (CASTEMO) in analyzing spatial coverage, punishment strategy, and narration in the register of Peter Seila, 1241-2.
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.
18 Mar Tibetanisticko-buddhologický workshop a promítání čínského dokumentárního snímku 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM workshop