23 Aug 2021 Ritual signaling and social hierarchy Together with international colleagues, LEVYNA researchers published an article studying differences in the types of ritual signaling in Evolution and Human Behavior.
18 Aug 2021 Commentaries on the book Hearing Voices and Other Matters of the Mind Jakub Cigán and Martin Lang (together with Valerie van Mulukom) published commentaries on the new book by Robert N. McCauley and George Graham in the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion.
15 Aug 2021 Model the source first! Towards source modelling and source criticism 2.0 The project of computational historiography needs not only to adopt the modelling for representing the target phenomena but also to achieve a complex representation of the textual sources and its interpretive layers. To do the latter, we have developed an approach that we call “source modelling”.
23 Jul 2021 Outgroup threat and group cohesion Martin Lang et al. published an article studying the effects of outgroup threat on intragroup cohesion in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.
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.
20 Mar 2021 Interview with dr David Zbíral in Magazine M Dr David Zbíral on religious dissidence, computational interdisciplinary history, and the award of an ERC Consolidator Grant.
1 Mar 2021 Historical Geocoding Assistant in SoftwareX Historical Geocoding Assistant gains visibility through a publication in SoftwareX.
22 Feb 2021 Welcoming Reima Välimäki as a research associate We are proud to welcome a cultural historian dr. Reima Välimäki as a DISSINET research associate.
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.
TIP 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”.
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.
