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09.12.2023

Nešpor Zdeněk R.

Prof. PhDr., Ph.D.
Born 1976

Educational and professional preparation

  • 2001, M.A. in social anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
  • 2002, M.A. in religious studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • 2005, Ph.D. in history, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • 2006, PhDr. in history, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
  • 2009, habilitation in cultural and social anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
  • 2017, full professorship, Charles University

Employment and academic positions

  • Since 2001 Charles University’s Faculty of Humanities, nowadays a full professor and head of the Dpt. of History
  • Since 2002 Institute of Sociology CAS, nowadays a senior researcher and head of the Dpt. of Economic and Religious Studies
  • 2003–2005 Charles University’s Faculty of Art, researcher
  • 2006 École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, maître de conférences
  • 2007 University od California, Santa Barbara, visiting professor

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies

  • Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR) – head of the Committees for Philosophy and Religion (P401) and History and Archeology (P405)
  • Grant Agency of the Charles University – head of the Committee for History and Ethnology
  • Institute of Sociology CAS – member of the Academic Board
  • Institute of Ethnology CAS – member of the Academic Board
  • Journal Lidé města / Urban People – editor-in-chief
  • Jornal Český lid / Czech Ethnological Journal – member of the editorial board

Notable awards

  • 2003 Hlávka Foundation – J. Hlávka Prize
  • 2006 CAS – O. Wichterle Prize
  • 2010 CAS – Young Scholars Award

Selected publications

  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2004. „Religious Processes in Contemporary Czech Society.“ Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 40 (3): 277–295.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2006. „Nation statt Konfession. Der Niedergang konfessioneller Wahrnehmungsmuster und das Anwachsen des Nationalbewußtseins in Böhmen an der Wende vom 18. zum 19. Jahrhundert.“ Historisches Jahrbuch 126: 191–219.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2008. „Three European Sociologies of Religion. Beyond the Usual Agenda of the Discipline.“ Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 44 (3): 557–578.
  • D. Hamplová – Z. R. Nešpor. 2009. „Invisible Religion in a ‚Non-believing‘ Country. The Case of the Czech Republic.“ Social Compass 56 (4): 581–597.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2009. „Der Wandel der tschechischen (Nicht-)Religiosität im 20. Jahrhundert im Lichte soziologischer Forschungen.“ Historisches Jahrbuch 129: 501–532.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2010. „Attitudes towards Religion(s) in a ‘Non-believing’ Czech Republic.“ Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 19 (1): 68–84.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2010. „L´amnésie de la remémoration dans la société tchèque.” Archive de Sciences Sociales des Religions 55 (149): 109–128.
  • Z. R. Nešpor – H. Kuchařová. 2011. „‘Volkshandschriften‘ in der Religionsgeschichte der böhmischen Ländern im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Barock und Aufklärung bei Katolíkem und Nichtkatoken.“ Historisches Jahrbuch 132: 304–353.
  • D. Václavík – D. Hamplová – Z. R. Nešpor. 2018. „Religious Situation in Contemporary Czech Society.“ Central European Journal for Contemporary Religion 2 (2): 99–122.
  • Z. R. Nešpor. 2021. „The Czech(oslovak) Model? Secular Last Rites in Central Europe under the Communists and Beyond.“ Mortality 26 (2): 144–156.

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