ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1809-8283 e-mail: vladimir.bahna@savba.sk
tel.: 02-5296 4707, ext. 111
Education: Faculty of Philosophy, Comenious Univesity in Bratislava, Department of Comparative Religion, 2007
Qualifications, scientific and honorary titles obtained: Mgr. (2007), PhD. (2012)
Languages: English, German
Employed at the Institute since: 2007
Research projects
Collective Rituals as an Instrument of social regulation VEGA 2/0102/19
Ritual behaviour as a strategic tool for group identification: The social and cultural contexts of contemporary holydays in Slovakia, project VEGA 2/0088/14; 2014 - 2016
Labolatory for the Experimental Research of Religion, Masaryk University, Czech Republic; Project LEVYNA CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.048; 2011 - 2014
Folk knowledge and its social and cultural conditions, VEGA Research Project, 2011–2013
Folklore genres and social communication. VEGA project, 2008-2010
Sociocultural Change and Adaptation: Transformational Processes in Slovak Society, VEGA Research Project, 2008 – 2010
Publications
Books
Bahna, V. (2019). Nadprirodzené skúsenosti a naratívna myseľ : sociálna nákazlivosť spomienok [Supernatural Experiences and the Narrative Mind. Social Contagion of Memories]. Bratislava : IESA SAS; VEDA. https://doi.org/10.31577/2019.9788022417754
Academic papers
BAHNA, V. (2019). Prirodzení konšpirátori [Natural conspiracists]. In Jurkovič, M., Čavojová, V., Brezina, I. (eds.) Prečo ľudia veria nezmyslom. Bratislava: Premedia, s. 65-87.
BAHNA, V. (2019). Experiment v antropológii [Experiment in Anthropology]. In Voľanská, L. & Wiesner, A. (eds.) Nové prístupy v etnológii a sociálnej antropológii na Slovensku. Bratislava: ÚESA SAV; VEDA, https://doi.org/10.31577/2019.9788022417891.27-69
BAHNA, V. (2019) Organizácia kultúrno-spoločenského života vo vybraných úspešných obciach. Slovenský národopis 67(3), s. 324-342, https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2019-0019
BAHNA, V. (2017). Argumentum ad hominem. Argumentačné stratégie zástancov konšpiračných teórií v slovenských internetových diskusiách [Argumentum ad hominem. Argumentation strategies of conspiracy theories proponents in Slovak internet discusions], Národopisná revue 27(4), s. 298-306
LANG, M., BAHNA, V., SHAVER, J.H., REDDISH, P. & XYGALATAS, D. (2017). Sync to link: Endorphin-mediated synchrony effects on cooperation. Biological Psychology 127, s. 191-197
BAHNA, V. (2015). Kognitívny a evolučný kontext šírenia konšpiračných teórií [Cognitive and evolutionary context of conspiracy theories], Slovenský národopis 63(3), s. 195-206.
BAHNA, V. (2015). Memory and memorates. A Re-evaluation of Lauri Honko’s theory. Temenos 51(1), s 7-23.
BAHNA, V. (2015). Explaning vampirism. Two divergent atractors of dead human concepts. Journal of Cognition and Culture 3-4(15), s. 285-298.
BAHNA, V. (2012) Teoretické poznámky k pojmu memorát v kontexte psychológie spomienok [Theoretical remarks to the memorate concept in the contexts of the psychology of memory]. Slovenský národopis 60(1), s. 4–15.
BAHNA, V. (2011). Autobiografická pamäť a nadprirodzené predstavy: Sociálna nákazlivosť spomienok [Autobiographical memory and supernatural beliefs: Social contagion of memories]. World Literature Studies 3/20(2), s. 112–125.
BAHNA, V. (2011). Hnus a náboženstvo. Možnosti využitia poznatkov psychológie emócií v religionistike. Axis Mundi 6(2), s. 45-52.
BAHNA, V. (2010). Vysvetlenie kultúrneho vývoja z hľadiska evolučnej teórie: možnosti a obmedzenia [Explaining cultural development from an evolutionary point of view: Possibilities and restrictions]. Slovenský národopis 58(1), s. 5–23.
BAHNA, V. (2009). Novoveký folklór ako prameň pre rekonštrukciu predkresťanskej mytológie. Stvorenie sveta v ruských duchovných veršoch. [Modern era folklore as a source for reconstruction of pre-Christian mythology] Axis Mundi 4(2), s. 101–119.
BAHNA, V. (2008). Čo s poverami alebo kde sú hranice kategórii [What to do with superstitions or where are the boundaries of categories]. Etnologické rozpravy 2/2008, s. 11-24.
BAHNA, V. (2006). Súčasná situácia v ruskom neopohanstve [Current situation in Russian neo-paganism]. Axis Mundi 1, s. 13-30.
Teaching
Cultural evolution and the study of religion, Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. 2012/2013.
Evolution theory and social sciences, Department of Comparative Religion , Faculty of Philosophy, Comenious Univesity in Bratislava, 2008/2009, 2009/2010.
Religion of the ancient Slavs, Department of Comparative Religion , Faculty of Philosophy, Comenious Univesity in Bratislava 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2011/2012.
The ancient Slavic religion seminary, Department of Comparative Religion , Faculty of Philosophy, Comenious Univesity in Bratislava, 2009/2010
Stays abroad
LEVYNA - Labolatory for Experimental Research of Masaryk University v Brno, 9/2011-8/2014
Centre for Anthropology and Mind, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography,
Oxford University. 18. 1. – 17. 6. 2010Department for the Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, 2005/2006