Department for the Study of Religions

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

6–7 Jun

Conference: Hedonistic Occultism - Blood, Desire, Sex & Magic

8:00 AM – 9:00 PM

The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University and RASWE - Research Association for the Study of Western Esotericism invite you to the academic conference "Hedonistic Occultism: Blood, Desire, Sex & Magic" to be held in Brno, Czech Republic, 6-7 June, 2022.

13–14 Jun

Conference: Paganism and its Others

8:00 AM – 9:00 PM

The Department for the Study of Religions at Masaryk University invites you to the academic conference "Paganism and its Others" to be held in Brno, Czech Republic, 13-14 June, 2022.

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.