Masaryk University Press at the 35th Autumn Book Fair in Havlíčkův Brod
The book launch will take place as part of the Books in Brno festival on Saturday, November 29, at 15.00 in the conference Hall of the Moravian Library in Brno.
More than 15 years of publishing and popularizing science.
Publishing the research and education outcomes of Masaryk University.
Contributing to the university’s prestige among the professional public.
Cherishing the quality of academic publications.
Eva Kuminková
Title in Engllish: Traditions – Transformations – Identity. Folk costume and dance in Wallachia as a source of inspiration
The ethnologist Eva Kuminková in her publication contributes to transdisciplinary discussion on evolution and transformations of folk culture. She focuses on processes, which despite all kinds of obstacles, historical...
Jan Reichstäter
The book offers analytical insights into the pre-Christian religions of the northern Indo-Europeans, meaning the Celtic, Germanic and Baltic peoples. In three thematic chapters, the author presents, through the perspectives of archaeology, philology, and ethnology, a critical synthesis of current knowledge about the pantheons, rituals,...
Siddhartha Mukherjee
“In an account that’s both lyrical and capacious, Mukherjee takes us through an evolution of human understanding: from the seventeenth-century Discovery that humans are made up of cells to our cutting-edge technologies for manipulating and deploying cells for therapeutic purposes.” – The New Yorker
“Tying together what might otherwise...