Pain and suffering as part of religious life: The Mauritian Thaipusam kavadi
In a pop-science article published in Dingir, E. Kundtová Klocová discusses the various socio-cultural aspects of the Thaipusam Kavadi ritual as practiced in Mauritius.
Two LEVYNA graduates have been awarded for excellent study results
The vice-rector for Research and Doctoral Studies at Masaryk University has awarded two LEVYNA graduates - Dan Řezníček and Radim Chvaja with a price for excellent results during their Ph.D. studies. The price also extends to the graduates’ mentors as a recognition of their important role in the success of LEVYNA’s Ph.D. students. David Václavík and Radek Kundt were awarded for mentoring Dan Řezníček, and Martin Lang for mentoring Radim Chvaja. Moreover, Dan’s dissertation also received the award of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts!
In his dissertation (and forthcoming publications!), Dan Řezníček investigated the transmission of intergroup aggression through prestige, credible displays, and coalitionary signals. On the other hand, Radim Chvaja proposed in his dissertaion a costly signaling theory of pilgrimage and investigated whether costly pilgrimages increase pilgrims‘ trustworthiness. Both dissertations are available on the respective links below:
