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Mgr. Aleš Chalupa, Ph.D.

 

• Aleš Chalupa, M.A., born on 28th July 1973 in Dačice

• Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arne Novaka 1, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic

• Assistant Professor

• 2008: Ph.D., Study of Religions; Ph.D. Thesis "Roman Religion and the Coming of Principate: Continuity or Change?".
• 2005: Master's degree, Study of Religions and Latin Language and Literature; Master's thesis: "Hyeanas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious Life of the Late Antiquity".

• 2008- : assistant professor; Department for the Study of Religion, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
• 2005-2008: doctoral study programme; full-time mode; Department for the Study of Religions.
• 1999-2005: Master's degree programme; Study of Religions and Latin Language and Literature

• Current Theories in the Study of Religions (in Czech)
• Divination in Ancient Religions (in Czech)
• Reading of Religious Texts in Latin I-II (with PhDr. David Zbíral) (in Czech)
• Mithraism (in Czech and English)
• Magic in Graeco-Roman Antiquity (in Czech and English)
• Roman Religion (in Czech)
• Roman Emperor Worship (in Czech)
• Introduction to the Study of Religion (in Czech)
• Gnosticism (in Czech)
• Cognitive Science of Religion (in Czech and English)

• Grants and research projects
• 2009: three-years research grant of the Czech Science Foundation no. 401/09/P267; "Ancient Mystery Cults and Their Existence in the Religious World of the Roman Empire: Influences, Interactions and Conflicts". 2007: grant of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, no. 0381; "The Divinity of Roman Emperors: A Source of Religious Worship or A Tool of Politics?"
• Participation in Conferences:
• 2006: Religion and Politics (Pardubice, October 3-4), conference paper "Roman Imperial Cult: Religious Policy or Political Religion?" (in Czech).
• 2006: Religious Change - CERES 2006 (Bratislava, October 23-25, conference paper: "The Religio-Political Change In The Reign of Augustus: The Disappearance of Public Prodigies" (in English.)
• 2007: Coloquium Orientalia Antiqua Nova VII (Plzeň, February 15-16), paper: "Origins of Mithraism: Oriental or "Oriental Mysteries?" (in Czech).
• 2007: International Symposium: Past Minds: Evolution, Cognition, and History (Queen´s University Belfast and Institute of Cognition and Culture, Belfast, May 25-26., paper: "What Might Cognitive Science Contribute to Our Understanding of the Roman Cult of Mithras?" (in English).
• 2007: International Symposium: Symbolization in Religion, Cognition and Culture (University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 31 - June 2), paper: "Mithraic Grades of Initiation: Dead Symbols or Symbolization Alive?" (in English).
• 2007: Joint conference of the EASR (The European Association for the Study of Religions) and the DVRW (Deutsche Vereiningung für Religionswissenschaft): Plurality and Representation. Religion in Education, Culture and Society; Universität Bremen, September 23-27), conference paper: "Do Rodney Stark´s Theories Tell Us Anything About the Graeco-Roman Antiquity? Historical and Sociological Perspectives about Roman Empire Compared" (in English).
• 2007: Various Interpretations of Religions: Methods and History - CERES 2007 (Pardubice, October 9-11), paper: "Religion from the Perspective of Cognitive Sciences: An Evolutionary Adaptation, By-Product, or Noise?" (in English).
• 2007: Laetae Segetes Iterum (Telč, October 16-19), paper: "Magic in Pliny the Elder: Clear-cut Concept or No Concept At all?" (in English).
• 2007: International Symposium "Cult and Sanctuary Through the Ages (from the Bronze Age to the Late Antiquity), Častá-Papiernička, Slovakia, November 16-19, paper "How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis".
• 2008: Colloquium Orientalia Antiqua Nova VIII (Plzeň, 14.-15.2.2008); paper: "Mithraic lion-headed Being: Identity and Meaning".
• 2008: 8th EASR Conference "Time of Decline, Time of Hope: Scientific, Cultural and Political Engagement of the Study of Religions" (Brno, September 7-11, 2008); conference paper "Why Did Greeks and Romans Pray Aloud? A Cognitive Perspective".
• 2008: Conference Religious Ritual, Cognition and Culture (University of Aarhus, 28.-30.5.2008); conference paper "Can A Ritual Make You A God? The Role of Cognition in the Apotheosis of Roman Emperors".

• 2006: ERASMUS Intensive Programme ("Religiousness in a Changing World); University of Szeged, August 21 - September 1, 2006.
• 2008: Spring School "Tombs as Places of Cult and Imagination", Universität Erfurt, 9.-13.3.2008.
• 2009: Spring school, "Studying Ancient Religions:A Historiographical Perspective",Universität Erfurt, 31.3-4.4.2009.

• 2006- : Member of the Czech Association for the Study of Religions
• 2006-2008: Chief editor of the journal Sacra
• 2008: Co-founder of the Czech Society for the Cognitive Study of Culture
• 2008- : President of the Czech Society for the Cognitive Study of Culture

• 2006 - : Treasurer of the Czech Association for the Study of Religions
• 2007-2008: Member of the organizational committee of the 8th EASR conference (Brno, September 7-11, 2008).

• CHALUPA, Aleš. Franz Cumont a orientální náboženství: Koncept odsouzený k zániku? Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, Brno: Česká společnost pro religionistiku, roč. 19, č. 1, od s. 107-122, 16 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2011.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. What Might Cognitive Science Contribute to Our Understanding of the Roman Cult of Mithras? In Luther H. Martin - Jesper Soerensen. Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography. London: Equinox Press, 2011. od s. 107-123, 17 s. ISBN 978-1-84553-741-8.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Velká Matka a Attis na proklínacích tabulkách: Role orientálních božstev v antické magii a náboženství. Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, Brno: Česká společnost pro religionistiku, roč. 19, č. 2, od s. 237-252, 16 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2011.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Pýthie a inspirovaná věštba v Delfské věštírně: Sociokulturní a kognitivní perspektiva. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, Brno: Česká společnost pro religionistiku, 18, 1, od s. 59-84, 26 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2010.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Why Did Greeks and Romans Prayed Aloud? Anthropomorphism, Dumb Gods and Human Cognition. In Chasing Down Religion: In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences. Thessaloniki: Barbounakis Publications, 2010. od s. 81-95, 15 s. Neuveden. ISBN 978-960-267-153-5.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Mithraism in Ancient Syria: The Persian Cult on the Borders of the Roman Empire. In Maria Novotná et al.. Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World. Trnava: Trnavská univerzita v Trnave, 2010. od s. 57-66, 10 s. ISBN 978-80-8082-500-3.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. How Did Roman Emperors Become Gods? Various Concepts of Imperial Apotheosis. In Anodos: Studies of the Ancient World 6-7/2006-2007. Trnava: Trnavská univerzita v Trnavě, 2009. od s. 201-207, 7 s. ISBN 978-80-8082-228-6.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Mithraistická bytost se lví hlavou: hledání identity a významu. In PECHA, Lukáš. Orientalia Antiqua Nova VIII. Plzeň: ADELA, 2009. od s. 137-153, 17 s. ISBN 978-80-87094-13-6.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Religious Change in Roman Religion from the Perspective of Whitehouses Theory of the Two Modes of Religiosity. In Imagistic Traditions in the Graeco-Roman World: A Cognitive Modeling of History of Religious Research. Acts of the Panel held during the XIX Congress of the IAHR. Tokoyo, Japan, March 2005. Thessaloniki: Editions Vanias, 2009. od s. 113-135, 23 s. ISBN 978-960-288-242-9.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Jörg Rüpke, Náboženství Římanů (recenze). Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 16, 1, od s. 144-146, 3 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2008.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Vznik mithraismu: orientální, nebo "orientální" náboženství? In PECHA, Lukáš. Orientalia Antiqua Nova VII. Plzeň: Dryada, 2008. od s. 95-108, 14 s. ISBN 978-80-87025-13-0.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy? Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 16, 2, od s. 177-201, 25 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2008.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Magic in Pliny the Elder: Clear-cut Concept or No Concept at all? In RADOVÁ, Irena. Latae Segetes Iterum. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008. od s. 212-217, 6 s. ISBN 978-80-210-4775-4.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Vzestup křesťanství a Boží města. Několik kritických poznámek k práci Rodneyho Starka. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 15, 1, od s. 69-86, 18 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2007.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Římský císařský kult: náboženská politika, nebo politické náboženství? In BUBÍK, Tomáš a Henryk HOFFMANN. Náboženství a politika I. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2007. od s. 154-163, 10 s. ISBN 978-80-7194-994-7.  info
• CHALUPA, Ales. Roman Emperors: Gods, Men, Something Between Or An Unnecessary Dilemma? Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 15, 2, od s. 256-270, 15 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2007.  info
• HAVELKA, Rudolf a Aleš CHALUPA. Vladimír Podborský, Náboženství pravěkých Evropanů (recenze). Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 15, 2, od s. 291-295, 5 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2007.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Venenum, nebo venenum? Tacitus, magie a větrné mlýny Dona Quijota. Několik poznámek k metodologii studia antické magie. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 14, 1, od s. 101-118, 18 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2006.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Četl Caesar Dumézila? "Ideologie tripartie" a její přínos pro studium římského náboženství I. Sacra aneb Rukověť religionisty, 4, 1, od s. 5-25, 21 s. ISSN 1214-5351. 2006.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Mithraistické album z Viruna a jeho význam pro studium mithraismu. Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 14, 2, od s. 243-258, 16 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2006.  info
• CHALUPA, Ales. Četl Caesar Dumézila? "Ideologie tripartie" a její přínos pro studium římského náboženství II. Sacra aneb Rukověť religionisty, 4, 2, od s. 5-17, 13 s. ISSN 1214-5351. 2006.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Tichá modlitba v římském náboženství: antropomorfismus, "hloupí bohové" a lidská kognice. In BABYRÁDOVÁ, Hana a Jiří HAVLÍČEK. Spiritualita. Fenomén spirituality z pohledu filozofie, religionistiky, teologie, literatury, teorie a dějin umění, pedagogiky, sociologie, antropologie, psychologie a výtvarných umělců. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2006. od s. 73-81, 9 s. ISBN 80-210-4206-0.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Robert Turcan, Mithra a mithraismus (recenze). Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 13, 1, od s. 165-169, 5 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2005.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity. Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 13, 2, od s. 198-230, 33 s. ISSN 1210-3640. 2005.  info
• CHALUPA, Aleš. Lynn E. Roller, In Search of God the Mother (recenze). Religio. Revue pro religionistiku, 11, 1, od s. 135-137. ISSN 1210-3640. 2003.  info

Last update: 2009/06/10