Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2025
Lecture abstracts and further information:
12. 3. 2025 (DATE CHANGED) : Mgr. et Mgr. František Válek, Ph.D. (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Pardubice) : Religion and Politics in the Ancient Near East
26. 3. 2025 : Mgr. Jakub Špoták, PhD. (Department of Comparative Religious Studies, Comenius University in Bratislava) : From Birth to Death – The Life Cycle of Mesoamerican Elites
7. 5. 2025 : Mgr. Andrej Mentel, PhD. (Institute of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava) : Contemporary Sufism and Dervish Orders in Bosnia and Herzegovina
21. 5. 2025 : Mgr. Michal Augustovič (Department of Slovak History, Comenius University in Bratislava): The Legend of the Hungarian King St Ladislaus: In Gemer and Moscow
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2024
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21. 2. 2024 : Mgr. Alexander Gubo (Academy of Korean Studies) : Korean Confucianism in the Modern Era: A Surviving Tradition or a Nostalgic Retrospective?
20. 3. 2024 : Mgr. Jitka Schlichtsová (Charles University in Prague) : Prevention and Support for Victims of “Cults”
17. 4. 2024 : Peter Málik, MPhil., PhD. (Matej Bel University) : Where Does the Bible Come From?
DATE CHANGED 22. 5. 2024 : doc. PhDr. Martin Šandera, Ph.D. (University of Hradec Králové) : Perceptions of the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2023
Lecture abstracts and further information:
25. 1. 2023 : PhDr. Ing. Tomáš Gál, PhD. – Centre for Cognitive Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava : The Creation of Life – From Myths to Artificial Intelligence
22. 2. 2023 : Mgr. Jitka Schlichtsová – Charles University in Prague : New Religious Movements and Children
22. 3. 2023 : Mgr. Alexander Gubo – Academy of Korean Studies : Until ‘Saju’ Do Us Part – Korean Superstitions and Folk Religion in the Modern Era
DATE CHANGED 27. 4. 2023 : Mgr. Branislav Kovár, PhD. – Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences : The Collapse of Civilizations
17. 5. 2023 : Mgr. Stanislav Gubančok – Department of Ethnology and Non-European Studies, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava : Was Morena Really an Ancient Slavic Goddess? The Custom of Carrying Out Death in Comparative Perspective.
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2020
Lecture abstracts and further information:
15. 1.2020 : Mgr. Jakub Špoták, PhD. (Department of Religious Studies, FF, Comenius University in Bratislava) – Secrets of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
12. 2. 2020 : Mgr. Michal Puchovský (Department of Religious Studies, FF, Masaryk University in Brno) – The Old Faith in New Garb: Modern Paganism Worldwide and in Slovakia
9. 9. 2020 : Mgr. Martin Klapetek, PhD. (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice) – Muslims in Germany and Austria: Mosques as an Expression of Community Identity
CANCELLED 11. 11. 2020 : Mgr. Dominika Kleinová (Institute of Historical Sciences, FF, University of Pardubice) – Priestesses of Love in the Light of Ancient Religious Cults
CANCELLED 9. 12. 2020 : PhDr. Ing. Tomáš Gál, PhD. (Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava) – The Creation of Life: From Myths to Artificial Intelligence
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2019
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16. 1. 2019 : Mgr. Martin Klapetek, PhD. (Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia) – Contemporary Islam in Western Europe
20. 2. 2019 : Ing. Tibor Lieskovský, PhD. (Department of Theoretical Geodesy, Slovak University of Technology) – Lost Maya Cities in the Light of New Discoveries
20. 3. 2019 : Doc. Attila Kovács, PhD. (FF Comenius University) – Images and Figurative Representation in the Islamic Tradition
17. 4. 2019 : Doc. David Václavík, PhD. (FF Masaryk University) – New Religious Movements and Their Transformation
22. 5. 2019 : Mgr. Ľubomír Lehocký (FF Comenius University) – The Cult of Ho Chi Minh in the Context of Traditional Vietnamese Religiosity
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2018:
Lecture abstracts and further information:
31.1. 2018 : PhDr. Ing. Tomáš Gál, PhD. (FMFI, Comenius University, Bratislava) : Why Do We Believe, and Why Can We Not Disbelieve?
28. 2. 2018 : Doc. Attila Kovács, PhD. (FF, Comenius University, Bratislava) : Jerusalem in the Islamic Tradition
28. 3. 2018 : Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Miroslav Vrzal (FF, Masaryk University, Brno) : Forms of Contemporary Satanism
25. 4. 2018 : Doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. : ( FF, Masaryk University, Brno) : The First Czechoslovaks in Lhasa and Their Perception of Tibetan Buddhism
30. 5. 2018 : Mgr. Veronika Dubcová : (Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna) : Did the Ancient Minoans and Egyptians Believe in Similar Deities?
27. 6. 2018 : Mgr. Tibor Sedláček, PhD. (Slovak Association for the Study of Religions at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava) : The Religion of the Hurrians and Their Bloody Rituals in Ancient Urkesh
Religions under the Magnifying Glass 2017:
Lecture abstracts and further information:
18. 1. Mgr. Lenka Horáková (Comenius University, Bratislava): The World of the Maya – Uncovering the Secrets of a Lost Civilization
15. 2. Mgr. Marie Peterková Hlouchová (Charles University, Prague): Ancient Egyptian Religion
15. 3. Doc. Attila Kovács, PhD. (Comenius University, Bratislava): Islam, Islamism and Islamophobia: Myths and Facts
19. 4. Mgr. Zdenka Bencúrová (Masaryk University, Brno): Religious Reforms in Slovakia During the Enlightenment
17. 5. Mgr. Milan Fujda, Ph.D. (Masaryk University, Brno): Tradition as a Set of Resources for Social Mobilization, or How to Speak Meaningfully About Religion
21. 6. Mgr. Ondrej Ficeri (Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice): Košice Religious Communities as Institutions of the City’s Nationalization in the First Half of the 20th Century
