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.
3 Apr 2020 New paper about Ptolemaic political activities in PloS ONE Congratulation for a new study in PLoS ONE to Tomáš Glomb, Adam Mertel, Zdeněk Pospíšil and Aleš Chalupa.
TIP 26 Feb 2020 Conference "Resistance to Order and Authority in Religion" in Budapest UPDATED 5/20. On behalf of all organizers from Masaryk University (Department for the Study of Religions), Eötvös Loránd University (Centre for the Study of Religion) and Central European University (Center for Religious Studies) we are pleased to invite you to the forthcoming fourth annual international doctoral conference in Religious Studies, to be held 15 - 17 October 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.
29 Jan 2020 Open post-doc position We are looking for a new colleague to join our lab for two years as a post-doc researcher with a specialization in economic games and behavioral experiments.
23 Jan 2020 A new research called “SACRIFICE” has been just launched It will examine how participation in costly rituals affects the willingness to sacrifice one’s resources during inter-group conflict.
23 Dec 2019 Our Ph.D. students received a grant from the Development Fund of Masaryk University They will use the money to create a new and innovative course in which they will focus on the evolution of human cooperation and the role that religion played in this process.
30 Nov 2019 New book by D. Zbíral David Zbíral has published a new book entitled Pokřtění ohněm: Katarské křesťanství ve světle pramenů (12.-14. století).
