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Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D.

Researcher I, Department for the Study of Religions


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Arna Nováka 1/1, 602 00 Brno

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Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information
  • Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D., born on May 12, 1988 in Sušice, Czech Republic
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
  • researcher I
Education and Academic Qualifications
  • 2024: Ph.D. (doctorate in Study of Religions), dissertation "We are Tibetan, and this is our story": the dynamics of discourses and propaganda strategies at the Tibet Museum in Dharamsala (in Czech), Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Brno
  • 2014: Mgr. (master degree in Theory and Philosophy of Communication), diploma thesis: The Heuristic as a method and strategy of human cognition (in Czech), The University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
  • 2012: Bc. (bachelor degree in Humanities), bachelor thesis: Efforts to reform the sciences in modern philosophy: Bacon vs. Descartes (in Czech), University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
Teaching Activities
  • RLMgB076 Buddhism and Film (2024)
  • RLB666 The End of the World (2024)
  • RLBc(K)A003 Buddhism II (2020, 2024)
  • RLBc(K)A002 Buddhism I (2019-2021, 2023)
  • RLBcB053 Tibetan Buddhism (2021)
  • KSCA014 Academic Writing (2020)
  • RLB405 Religion and Violence (2019)
Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work
  • 2022/10/31 – 2022/11/28: Tibet Museum, Dharamshala, Other programs, IND
    • During the study/research stay in Dharamsala, data will be collected for the new Tibet Museum's case study and the dissertation's final part. This stay should complete the comprehensive research on the self-presentation and propaganda strategies of the Tibetan government-in-exile, as applied during the twenty-two years of the Tibet Museum institution's existence.
  • 2017/11/02 – 2017/11/30: University of Vienna, Vienna, CEEPUS, AUT
    • Data collection for a thesis.
Activities Outside University
  • 2019: Expedition "McLeod Ganj (Dharamsala), Home of Dalai Lama", India
  • 2017: Expedition "Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in India", India
Major Publications
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Tibetanisticko-buddhologický workshop. 2024. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Green Propaganda of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile: Environmentalism and Ecological Tendencies as Self-marketing Strategies of the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). In The 21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, August 19-23, 2024, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2024. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin a Petr JANDÁČEK. Probuzení ze sna o Buddhovi? Buddhismus a LGBTQ+ nejen v Tibetu. Dingir: religionistický časopis o současné náboženské scéně. Praha, 2024, roč. 27, č. 3. ISSN 1212-1371. info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. „My jsme Tibeťané, a toto je náš příběh“ : narativy o tibetském buddhismu a další propagandistické strategie a techniky Tibetského muzea. In 2. studentská konference orientalistů, 26. května 2023, FF UK Praha. 2023. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. “We are Tibetan, and this is our story” : The Dynamics of Discourses and Propaganda Strategies at the Tibet Museum in Dharamsala. In The European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, 4 - 8 September, 2023, Vilnius, Lithuania. 2023. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. The Clash of Sino-Tibetan Propaganda On-screen : A Case Study of Tibetan Exile Movie Theatre. In The European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, online, 27 June-1 July, 2022, University College Cork, Ireland. 2022. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Projekt Buddha zblízka : unikát na české buddhologické scéně? Religio: Revue pro religionistiku. Brno: Czech Association for the Study of Religions, 2022, roč. 30, č. 2, s. 185-193. ISSN 1210-3640. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/Rel2022-2-5. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Buddhismus a násilí : fakta a fikce. Sacra. Masarykova univerzita, 2021, roč. 19, č. 1, s. 51-58. ISSN 1214-5351. URL info
  • VALTROVÁ, Jana, Milan FUJDA, Anna MICHALÍK KVÍČALOVÁ, Tereza MENŠÍKOVÁ a Martin ŠPIRK. Ve smyslu Indie : tělesnost a rituál v indických tradicích. 2021. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Display Cabinet of the Exile : A Discourse Analysis of the Tibet Museum in Dharamshala. In 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions IAHR Regional Conference Pisa, 30 August – 3 September 2021. 2021. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Vitrína tibetského exilu : případová studie Tibetského muzea v Dharamsale. Museologica Brunensia. 2021, roč. 10, č. 2, s. 64-76. ISSN 1805-4722. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/MuB2021-2-5. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Mysl a tělo humanistického buddhismu v praxi : případová studie chrámu a komunity Fo Guang Shan ve Vídni. Religio : revue pro religionistiku. Česká společnost pro religionistiku o.s., 2020, roč. 28, č. 2, s. 115-139. ISSN 1210-3640. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/Rel2020-2-1. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin a Jan TRTÍLEK. "Sacred Locations : Spaces and Bodies in Religion" : třetí ročník mezinárodní doktorandské religionistické konference. Religio: revue pro religionistiku. Česká společnost pro religionistiku o.s., 2020, roč. 28, č. 1, s. 95-97. ISSN 1210-3640. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/Rel2020-1-7. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Čínský buddhismus ve Vídni : etnografie chrámu a komunity Fo Guang Shan. Online. In Lukáš Pecha. Civilizace Asie a Afriky od starověku po současnost. Plzeň: Katedra blízkovýchodních studií, Filozofická fakulta Západočeské univerzity v Plzni, 2019, s. 104-116. ISBN 978-80-261-0786-6. URL info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Mind and Body of Humanistic Buddhism : Case Study of Temple and Community of FGS Vienna. In CEU/Szeged University Doctoral Conference, 13-15 June 2019, Szeged, Hungary. 2019. info
  • ŠPIRK, Martin. Fo Guang Shan ve Vídni : etnografie buddhistického chrámu a komunity se zaměřením na materiální kulturu a strategie sebeprezentace. In 18. ročník kolokvia Orientalia Antiqua Nova (duben 26-27, 2018, Plzeň). 2018. info

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