Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Mgr. Dan Řezníček, born 1991.

Department/Faculty/University

• Department for the Study of Religions
  Masaryk University
  Gorkého 7
  602 00 Brno
  Czech Republic

Function, current position

• Ph.D. student.
• Doctoral researcher at LEVYNA Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
• Research assistant at HUME Lab (Experimental Humanities Laboratory), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Education and academic qualifications

• 2018: Masters in the Study of Religion; "Islamic State and the beheading videos: the effect of intergroup violence on credibility in the world of multiple modernities" (In Czech).
• 2015: Bachelor in the Study of Religion; "Fear of simulacra as a motivation of iconoclasm? The case of Beeldenstorm" (In Czech).

Teaching activities

• 2020: Lectures in RLBcB549 Náboženství jako systém sociální regulace: Evoluční perspektiva (Religion as a system of social regulation: Evolutionary perspective);
• 2019-: Lectures in RLB405 Náboženství a násilí (Religion and violence);
• 2018-2020: Lectures in RLA25 Náboženství v kognitivně-psychologické perspektivě (Cognitive Science of Religion);
• 2018-2020: Lectures in RLA67 Současné religionistické teorie II (Contemporary Theories in the Study of Religion).

Research areas

• Intergroup aggression, prestige, cultural evolution.

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• 2020-2021: Research assistant in GA MU - G (MUNI/G/0985/2017) project "Economic Decision-Making: Hormonal Determinants and Ritualized Behavior".
• 2020: FRMU, Preparation of the course "Náboženství a morálka" (Religion and morality).
• 2018-: Member of LEVYNA Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion.
• 2018-2022: Holder of the stipend for excellent Ph.D. students.
• 2018: collaborator in Valerie van Mulukom's Understanding Unbelief RFP2 Early Career Award.
• 2018-2022: Editor-in-chief, Sacra.
• 2016-: Editor, Sacra.

Major publications

• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan and Radek KUNDT. Prestigious by storming the US Capitol : Effects of rituals, the conceptualization of God, and group affiliation. In The European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, 27 June-1 July, 2022, University College Cork, Ireland. 2022. URL info
• NENADALOVÁ, Jana and Dan ŘEZNÍČEK. Pandemie v zrcadle římských dějin : mory, bohové a globalizace (The pandemic in the reflection of Roman history : Plagues, gods, and globalization). Praha: N Media a.s., 2021. Deník N. ISSN 2571-1717. URL info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan and Radek KUNDT. US Capitol storming : The effects of rituals on the perception of prestige and dominance of pro-group aggressors. In Rituals Between Mind and Society. 2021. URL info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan and Radek KUNDT. Violent CREDs toward out-groups increase trustworthiness : Preliminary experimental evidence. Journal of Cognition and Culture. Brill, 2020, vol. 20, 3-4, p. 262-281. ISSN 1567-7095. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340084. URL info
• NENADALOVÁ, Jana and Dan ŘEZNÍČEK. Sacra 18/2, 2020 : "Náboženství a epidemie" (Sacra 18/2, 2020 : "Religion and epidemics"). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020, p. 1-63. ISSN 1214-5351. URL info
• CHVAJA, Radim and Dan ŘEZNÍČEK. An Integrative Framework of Commitment Displays in Religious Systems. Human Ethology. The International Society for Human Ethology, 2019, vol. 34, N/A, p. 41-52. ISSN 2224-4476. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.22330/he/34/041-052. URL info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. A cultural evolution model for the transmission of intergroup religious violence. In Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: New Trends and Neglected Themes, Gdańsk. International Association for the Psychology of Religion, 30. - 31.8. 2019, Polsko. 2019. URL info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Mechanisms of violence transmission : Credible displays, prestige, dominance, and religion. In PTNCE 2019: Humans in Evolutionary Perspective, 24. - 27. 9. 2019, Praha. 2019. info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Self-domesticated by violence to be peaceful. And violent [review]. Adaptive Behavior. 2019, Neuveden, Neuveden, p. 93-95. ISSN 1059-7123. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059712319878887. URL info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Intergroup violence : the effects of violent CREDs on perceived trustworthiness (poster). In Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds, Sicily, 9.-14.5. 2018. 2018. info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Impaled Northern Moonforest : Konstrukce parodické blackmetalové identity (Impaled Northern Moonforest : Construction of a Parodic Black Metal Identity). In Religiózní aspekty v metalové hudbě a subkultuře, 14.6.2017, Brno. 2017. info
• ŘEZNÍČEK, Dan. Islámský stát a popravy stětím : diskurzivní analýza vybraných částí časopisu Dabiq (The Islamic State's Beheadings : Discoursive Analysis of Selected Parts of the Magazine Dabiq). Sacra. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 14, No 1, p. 7-27. ISSN 1214-5351. Digitální knihovna FF MU info

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