Mgr. et Mgr. Tereza Menšíková

Researcher, Department of Sociology

correspondence Address:
Joštova 218/10, 602 00 Brno

office: bldg. J/J.511
Jaselská 201/18
602 00 Brno

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Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

Department

Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Jostova 218/10, 602 00 Brno

Employment - Position

Education and Academic Qualifications

2020-present: doctoral program, Department for the Study of Religions FF MU, Brno
2021: Mgr., (M.A.) in Sociology (Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Sciences), thesis: "Ageing on the Street: Trajectories of Older Homeless People in Relation to Social and Health Care Institutions" (CZ)
2020: Mgr. (M.A.) in the Study of Religions (Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts), thesis: "Dalits in the Light of Dhamma: Tension between Tradition and Modernity as a Shaping Process of the Collectiveness of Ambedkarite Buddhists" (ENG)
2017: Bc., in the Study of Religions (Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts), thesis: "Motives of Students for Leaving the Study of Religions with the Focus on a Tension between University Studies and Student’s Spiritual Identity" (CZ)

Scientific and Research Activities

Research Grants

2022: MUNI/IGA/1164/2021 - "Challenging Marginalisation Online: The Case of Dalit Movement Network Through Blog and News Platforms"; leading researcher, Department for the Study of Religions FF MU

Participation in Research Projects

2024-2028: OP JAK - "Beyond Security: Role of Conflict in Resilience-Building (CoRe)", CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595, Department for the Study of Religions FF MU
2023-2027: COST Action CA22167 - Participatory Approaches with Older Adults (PAAR-net), WG1 leader Health, Care and Support
2023-2025: GACR GA23-05047S - "Institutions of Ageing Men"; research specialist, Department of Sociology FSS MU
2023-2024: GACR GA23-07114S - "Between revolution and crisis: Emergence, evolution and re-structuring of economic protest in post-socialist context"; research specialist, Department of Sociology FSS MU
2020-2021: TACR TJ03000002 - "A life course perspective on the GENdered PATHways of Social exclusion in later life, and its consequences for health and wellbeing (GENPATH)"; research specialist, Department of Sociology FSS MU
2020-2021: TACR TL02000362 - "The use of the humanoid robot in promoting active ageing in older men and women (HUMR)"; research specialist, Department of Sociology FSS MU
2015-2019: student research assistant, Department for the Study of Religions FF MU

Teaching Activities

RLMgA005 Religion and the Body (2021-2024)
RLB405 Religion and Violence (2020-2022)
RLMgA004 Power, Authority, Tradition (2020-2022)
SOCb2022 Doing social research in older and other difficult-to-acces populations (2021)

Internship and Stays for the Purpose of Study or Work

2023/01/23 – 2023/03/20: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, MU Faculty Partner Institutions Exchange Programme, IND
2022/07/25 – 2022/08/05: Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (2F Quantitative Text Analysis), Colchester, UK
2019/04/01 – 2019/04/30: University of Vienna, Vienna, CEEPUS, AUT
2017/09/01 – 2017/10/31: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, MU Faculty Partner Institutions Exchange Programme, IND
2017/04/03 – 2017/04/30: University of Vienna, Vienna, CEEPUS, AUT

University Activities

2020-present: member of the Centre for Research on Ageing (CERA), Department of Sociology FSS MU
2019-2022: Sacra Journal editor-in-chief
2019: the chief organizer of the MUNI 100 project "Ženy na FF MU v minulosti a dnes"
2017-present: Sacra journal editorial board member

Awards Related to Science and Research

2024: The Jacques Derrida Prize (2nd) for Social Sciences and Humanities awarded by the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic
2020: Dean´s Prize For Outstanding MA Thesis, 2nd prize: "Dalits in the Light of Dhamma: Tension between Tradition and Modernity as a Shaping Process of the Collectiveness of Ambedkarite Buddhists" (ENG)

Major Publications

MENŠÍKOVÁ, Tereza. Negotiating Boundaries Between "Religious" and "Secular" : A Struggle for the Sense of Collectivity Among Ambedkarite Buddhists in Maharashtra. Journal of Global Buddhism. Luzern: University of Lucerne, 2023, roč. 24, č. 2, s. 64-82. ISSN 1527-6457. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.26034/lu.jgb.2023.3840. URL info
MENŠÍKOVÁ, Tereza. Aktivismus pod záštitou dhammy : Buddhismus jako cesta dalitů z útlaku? In A2 – neklid na kulturní frontě. 2020. Indie bojuje. URL info
MENŠÍKOVÁ, Tereza. Alexandra David-Néelová a její cesta do Lhasy : portrét orientalistiky v zrcadle Tibetu. Sacra. 2020, roč. 2020, č. 1, s. 34-38. ISSN 1214-5351. URL info
MENŠÍKOVÁ, Tereza. Fárek, Martin; Jalki, Dunkin; Pathan, Sufiya; Shah, Prakash (eds.). Western Foundations of the Caste System [review]. Religio : revue pro religionistiku. Česká společnost pro religionistiku, 2018, roč. 26, č. 1, s. 91-95. ISSN 1210-3640. info
VRZAL, Miroslav a Tereza MENŠÍKOVÁ. Stávání se religionistou: Internalizace vědecké identity v počátcích studia religionistiky a její důsledky pro vztah studentů k náboženství. Sacra. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, roč. 13, č. 1, s. 7-23. ISSN 1214-5351. Digitální knihovna FF MU info

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