Faculty staff

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Peter Maňo, M.A., 11.05.1987, Bratislava, Slovensko

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Department for the Study of Religions, Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
• Comenius University, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava, Slovakia

Function, current position

• full-time Ph.D. student; LEVYNA research fellow

Education and academic qualifications

• 2012: Master studies, Cognition and Culture, M.A., "Does the Moral Intuition of Compensation Lead to Agency Detection?", School of History and Anthropology, Queens University Belfast
• 2010: Bachelor studies, Sociálna Antropológia, Bc., "Youth Mate Preferences: Testing the Theories of Sexual and Cultural Selection", Fakulty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University
• 2009: Undergraduate Certificate,Anthropology, School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London

Professional experience & Professional development

• 2013 - : Research Fellow,LEVYNA - Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion, FF MU, Brno
• 2011 - 2012: Research Assistant, Institute of Cognition and Culture, School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast
• 2014: Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms - Summer University at CEU, Budapest
• 2012: Experimental Methods in the Study of Cognition and Culture - Aarhus Summer University

Teaching activities

• 2014 Comenius University - "Anthropology of religion"
• 2013 Comenius University - "Field data analysis"

Research activities

• 2013/2014: Mauritian Laboratory for Experimental Anthropology (MALEXA) research fellow; ethnographic fieldwork & experimental work in Mauritius, Pointe aux Piments and Quatre Bornes
• www.experimentalanthropology.com

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2018/07/01 – 2018/07/28: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Freemover, USA
  • Designing studies with the team and preparation of materials for data collection; training and management of research assistants and team members; qualitative and quantitative data collection in the field – this will include surveys, interviews, visual, and experimental data; data entry, storage and processing on site; working on publishing the findings in international scientific journals; preparation of international grant proposals in collaboration with local research institutions
• 2017/09/04 – 2018/06/30: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Freemover, USA
  • Experimentálny antropologický výskum a prax v Experimental Anthropology Lab, University of Connecticut (zahŕňa aj prácu na grantových aplikáciách, publikáciách, účasť na konferenciách..).
  • EE2.3.20.0048
• 2016/10/03 – 2017/05/15: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Freemover, USA
  • Experimentálny antropologický výskum a prax v Experimental Anthropology Lab, University of Connecticut.
  • EE2.3.20.0048
• 2016/07/04 – 2016/07/29: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Other programs, USA
  • Terénny výskum a prax v Maurícijskom laboratóriu experimentálnej antropológie, University of Connecticut.
  • EE2.3.20.0048
• 2015/09/14 – 2015/12/21: University of Mauritius, Moka, Freemover, MUS
  • Výskumný pobyt na University of Mauritius.
  • EE2.3.20.0048
• 2015/07/13 – 2015/07/31: Aarhus University, Aarhus, Summer School, DNK
  • Účasť na letnej škole "Ethnographic field school" organizovanej Univerzitou Aarhus na Mauríciuse.
  • EE2.3.20.0048
• 2014/09/15 – 2015/02/15: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Freemover, USA
  • Pobyt na Mauríciu bude predstavovať ťažiskovú časť môjho doktorandského projektu, keďže tam budem vykonávať terénny výskum. Tento výskum bude prebiehať v spolupráci s Dimitrisom Xygalatasom z University of Connecticut, ktorý je riaditeľom laboratória experimentálnej antropológie na Mauríciu. Toto laboratórium mi poskytne materiálne aj ľudské zdroje na vykonávanie výskumu a zabezpečí mi tak stabilné vedecké zázemie.Samotný výskum sa bude týkať náboženských rituálov v komunite Marathi hinduistov a bude testovať evolučný model rituálu ako nákladnej signalizácie v skupine.
  • EE2.3.20.0048

Other academic activities, research projects, grants & workshops

• 2014 Comenius University Chancellor's "Young Researchers' Grant"
• 2011 Comenius University Academic Achievement Scholarship
• 2009 Comenius University Academic Achievement Scholarship
• 01.-02.11.2013 Perspectives on the Scientific Study of Religion: The Search for Evidence, Round table discussion with prof. Robert N. McCauley and Dr. Cristine H. Legare at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno.
• 21.-23.03.2013 The Future of Higher Education and the Changing Face of Research in the Modern World, LEVYNA workshop in Telč.
• 10.-15.12.2012 Maňo, P. Belief in immanent justice: Does the moral intuition of compensation elicit agency detection? In Culture, Communication & Cognition, 1st Philosophy of Language and Mind Masterclass with Prof. Dan Sperber at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris. (talk)
• 08.-09.11.2012 Maňo, P. Medzikultúrny výskum morálnych a náboženských intuícií In Metodologické problémy v etnografickom výskume sociálnych reprezentácií, konferencia na Ústave etnológie SAV, Bratislava. (prednáška)
• 25.-27.10.2012 Maňo, P. Belief in immanent justice: Does the moral intuition of compensation elicit agency detection? In Homo Experimentalis: Experimental Approaches to the Study of Religion, Cognitive Science of Religion conference, Brno. (poster session)
• 12.-16.06.2012 Maňo, P. Morality a sense of fairness. In The Evolution of Morality, International interdisciplinary workshop at the Forum Scientarum with Prof. Frans de Waal and Prof. Gerhard Ernst at the University of Tubingen. (talk)

Major publications

• MAŇO, Peter. Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus - how growing ritual costs expand the volume and range of emic explanations. In Religion and Mind, Interdisciplinary Academic Conference, Institute for The Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University, 25 - 27 May 2023, Kraków, Poland. 2023. 2023. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Ancient rituals in modern Mauritius : how transforming ritual form tackles life’s uncertainties. In SIEF2023 16th Congress, 7-10 June 2023, Brno, Czech Republic. 2023. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Radu Umbreș : Living with Distrust. Morality and Cooperation in a Romanian Village. Slovak Ethnology. roč. 71, č. 3, s. 307-309. ISSN 1339-9357. doi:10.31577/SN.2023.3.30. 2023. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus. In Assessing the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe: New fields in the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe. 2023. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitris a Peter MAŇO. Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus. Religion. Taylor & Francis Online, roč. 52, č. 3, s. 429-449. ISSN 0048-721X. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2022.2042418. 2022. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios, Peter MAŇO, Radek KUNDT a Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ. Rituals as signals of mate quality. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, roč. 3, č. 100048, s. 1-8. ISSN 2666-6227. doi:10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100048. 2022. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS. Ritual costs, efficacy and exegesis among Hindu Mauritians. In 8th biennial meeting of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion 2022 Aarhus University, 19-21 September 2022, Aarhus, Denmark. 2022. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS. The WEIRD language of surveys. In Cultural Evolution Society bi-annual conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 21-23 September 2022. 2022. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter a Dimitris XYGALATAS. Ritual form and ritual choice among Hindu Mauritians. In Rituals Between Mind and Society 4-5 November 2021, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. 2021. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Vladimír Bahna, Nadprirodzené skúsenosti a naratívna myseľ – Sociálna nákazlivosť spomienok. Slovak Ethnology. Ústav etnológie Slovenskej akadémie vied, roč. 68, č. 2, s. 188-190. ISSN 1335-1303. 2020. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Evolučné a kognitívne štúdium náboženstva : Nákladné rituály, status, atraktivita a náboženská motivácia na Mauríciu. In Evoluce lidské psychiky, chování a kultury v interdisciplinární perspektivě, Brno, 6. -7. 2. 2019. 2019. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Experiments in the field : Religious signaling and mate choice in Mauritius. In Methodology, Ethics, Writing and Visions in Ethnology and Social Anthropology Conference. 2019. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Effects of Kavadi ritual on mate attractiveness. In 6th PTNCE Prague 2019. 2019. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Naturalismus a protekcionismus ve studiu náboženství, Juraj Franek. Slovak Ethnology. Ústav etnológie Slovenskej akadémie vied, roč. 67, č. 4, s. 465-468. ISSN 1335-1303. doi:. 2019. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Antropológia rituálu na Mauríciu : Prečo podstupujeme obradné utrpenie? (Týždeň vedy a techniky). 2019. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Antropológia rituálu na Mauríciu (Európska noc výskumníkov - Lab.cafe). 2019. URL info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Peter MAŇO, Radek KUNDT, Jakub CIGÁN, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ a Martin LANG. Big Gods in small places : the Random Allocation Game in Mauritius. Religion, Brain & Behavior. Routledge, roč. 8, č. 2, s. 243-261. ISSN 2153-599X. doi:10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267033. 2018. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. "Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion", by Radek Kundt. Journal of Cognitive Historiography. Equinox, roč. 3, 1-2, s. 222-226. doi:10.1558/jch.34140. 2018. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter, Xygalatas DIMITRIS, Shaver JOHN H. a Bahna VLADIMÍR. The impact of socio-economic status on the nature of religious ritual participation. In Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual convention, Atlanta 2018. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter, Dimitris XYGALATAS a John SHAVER H. Socio-economic factors involved in participation in extreme rituals. In Future Directions on the Evolution of Rituals, Beliefs and Religious Minds; Erice, Italy. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Breaking the Wall of Intolerance. In Falling Walls Lab, Slovakia. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Socio-ekonomické faktory ovplyvňujúce participáciu na extrémnych rituáloch. In Olomoucká religionistická konference, 3. ročník: NÁBOŽENSKÝ RITUÁL V INTERDICIPLINÁRNÍ PERSPEKTIVĚ. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Ritual signaling as an adaptation strategy of marginalized groups: A case study from Mauritius. In Biennial Conference SASA – CASA, Bratislava. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter a Xygalatas DIMITRIS. Ritual signaling as an adaptation- and status management strategy in a Tamil-Hindu religious group in Mauritius. In Cultural Evolution Society Conference. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Bolestivé rituály na ostrove Maurícius: Náboženstvo a sociálny status. In Antropologické potulky svetom ľudských kultúr - Prednáškový cyklus Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Bolestivé rituály, alebo ako si zvýšiť status na Mauríciu. In Horizonty teatrologie - Cyklus prednášok Katedry divadelních studií FF MU. 2018. info
• MAŇO, Peter. "Ritual Gone Wrong: What We Learn from Ritual Disruption", by Kathryn T. McClymond. Religion. Taylor & Francis Online, roč. 48, č. 1, s. 175-178. ISSN 0048-721X. doi:10.1080/0048721X.2017.1294902. 2017. URL info
• KUNDT, Radek, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Peter MAŇO, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Jan HORSKÝ, Martin LANG, Jakub CIGÁN, Monika BYSTROŇOVÁ, Jan KRÁTKÝ a Benjamin G. PURZYCKI. Moral foundations and religious prosociality in Mauritius. In The evolution of religion II: How Biology, Psychology and Culture Interact. 2017. info
• BARANOWSKI PINTO, Gabriela, Peter MAŇO, Vitor LEONARDO DA SILVA PROFETA a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Dynamics of Fan’s Experience during Basketball Games. In 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Boston. 2017. info
• MAŇO, Peter, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Michaela PORUBANOVÁ, John Hayward SHAVER a Jan KRÁTKÝ. The Effect of Ritual Cue Intensity on Perceived Attractiveness. In 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Boston. 2017. info
• MAŇO, Peter, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Michaela PORUBANOVÁ, John Hayward SHAVER a Jan KRÁTKÝ. Does ritual intensity affect attractiveness assessments? In The Cognition of Belief conference, Washington D.C. 2017. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Rituals as costly signals: Does ritual intensity affect participants‘ attractiveness? A field study from Mauritius. In Doktorandská konference Sociologie a příbuzných společenských věd, Univerzita Karlova. 2016. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Náboženstvo a prosocialita: Experimentálna evidencia z ostrova Maurícius. In NETIKA 2016 - Naturalizovaná etika, Masarykova Univerzita. 2016. info
• MAŇO, Peter, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Michaela PORUBANOVÁ, John Hayward SHAVER a Jan KRÁTKÝ. The effect of religious ritual cue intensity on perceived attractiveness. In International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR) Conference 2016, Vancouver, Canada, 22-24 August 2016. 2016. info
• XYGALATAS, Dimitrios, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Jakub CIGÁN, Radek KUNDT, Peter MAŇO, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Panagiotis MITKIDIS, Sebastian Ernst WALLOT a Martin KANOVSKÝ. Location, location, location : Effects of cross-religious primes on prosocial behaviour. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. Hillsdale: Taylor & Francis Group, roč. 26, č. 4, s. 304-319. ISSN 1050-8619. doi:10.1080/10508619.2015.1097287. 2016. URL info
• CIGÁN, Jakub, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Peter MAŇO, Panagiotis MITKIDIS, Sebastian Ernst WALLOT, Martin KANOVSKÝ a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Experimental study of prosocial behavior in cross-religious settings on Mauritius. In XXI Quinquennial World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), Erfurt, 23-29 August 2015. 2015. info
• KUNDT, Radek, Dimitrios XYGALATAS, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Jakub CIGÁN, Peter MAŇO, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Sebastian Ernst WALLOT a Panagiotis MITKIDIS. Other people's gods are watching too: Effects of cross-religious primes on prosocial behaviour. In "Religion Explained? The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-Five Years" 5th biennial IACSR meeting and General Assembly, 20–22 June 2014, Brno, Czech Republic. 2014. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Ritual and social networks: Measuring the costs and benefits of religious ritual in Mauritius. In "Religion Explained? The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-Five Years" 5th biennial IACSR meeting and General Assembly, 20–22 June 2014, Brno, Czech Republic. 2014. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Experimentálna antropológia na Mauríciu: Meranie nákladnosti extrémneho náboženského rituálu. In "Experimenty v teréne a etnografia: Metodologické prístupy" Študentská konferencia na Ústave etnológie SAV, 16. – 17. 6. 2014 , Bratislava, Slovensko. 2014. info
• CIGÁN, Jakub, Silvie KOTHEROVÁ, Radek KUNDT, Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Peter MAŇO, Panagiotis MITKIDIS, Sebastian Ernst WALLOT a Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Be(a)ware of their gods: Effects of cross-religious contextual primes on prosocial behavior among Mauritian Catholics. In The Third International Krakow Study of Religions Symposium Religions: fields of research, method and perspectives, Krakow, 27-29 October 2014. 2014. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Rituály ako nákladné signály: Experimentálna antropológia a jej využitie pri zbere dát na Mauríciu. Speculum. Bratislava: Slovenská asociácia sociálnej antropológie, roč. 6, č. 3, s. 22-33. ISSN 1337-9461. 2014. URL info
• JEROTIJEVIĆ, Danijela a Peter MAŇO. Rituál a mysl: kognitivní a evoluční teórie rituálu. Pantheon : religionistický časopis. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, roč. 9, č. 1, s. 139-166. ISSN 1803-2443. 2014. info
• MAŇO, Peter. Správa o workshope LEVYNA "Perspectives on the study of religion: the search for evidence". In Speculum. Bratislava: Slovenská asociácia sociálnej antropológie, 2013. URL info
• MAŇO, Peter. Správa o výskumnom pobyte na Mauríciu. In Speculum. Bratislava: Slovenská asociácia sociálnej antropológie, 2013. URL info

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