Department for the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

20 Sep

Doctoral examination and thesis defense of František Novotný

from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM

With great joy, we announce the doctoral examination and doctoral thesis on "Mysteries of Evil: The Thematization of Ritual Devil Worship Imagery in Late Medieval Inquisitorial Trials" defense of Mgr. František Novotný.

20 Sep

Doctoral examination and thesis defense: Stamatia Noutsou

from 1:45 PM to 4:15 PM

With great joy, we announce the doctoral examination and thesis "Cistercians, heresy and persecution: Politicising the Cistercian anti-heretical fight, 1145-1184" defense of Mg.A. Stamatie Noutsou, M.A.

1 May

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

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

Historical Geocoding Assistant in SoftwareX

Historical Geocoding Assistant gains visibility through a publication in SoftwareX.

22 Feb

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.

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”.