doc. Mgr. Radek Chlup, Ph.D.

Function

• zástupce ředitele (deputy head) - Department of Arts and Religious Studies
• (Agenda) - Department of Arts and Religious Studies
• (Agenda) - Department of Arts and Religious Studies

• Email: radek.chlup@ff.cuni.cz
• Phone: (+420) 221619356

Address

Department of Arts and Religious Studies
Místnost č. 225

Office Hours

See our office hours web page.

Research Interests

• Contemporary political myths
• Conteporary rituals
• Greek Religion (myth, ritual)
• Anthropology of Religion, theories of religion
• Ancient Platonism and Neoplatonism

CV

• born 1972
• 1996 M.A. in Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (with English Language and Literature as the second subject)
• 1996–2003 PhD. at the Department of Philosophy and History of Sciences, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (interrupted by the civil military service in 1998–9)
• 1998–2000 lecturer  at the Department of Philosophy and History of Sciences, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
• since 2001 lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Facutry of Arts, Charles University, Prague
• since 2010 “docent” of philosophy idem

Publications

Monographs

• Proclus: An Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012, 327 pages (ISBN 978-05-21761-48-2) [Googlebooks]
• Proklos, Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2009, 456 pages (ISBN 978-80-87054-16-1)
• Corpus Hermeticum, Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2007, 440 pages (ISBN 978-80-87054-09-3)

English Articles and Book Chapters

• „National Myths and Rebounding Violence“, Nations and Nationalism 27.4 (2021): 943-959 (ISSN 1469-8129)
• „Hera and the Dangers of Marriage“, Eirene: Studia Graeca et Latina 56 (2020): 257–295 (ISSN 0046-1628)
• Olga Věra Cieslarová – Radek Chlup, „Second-Order Liminality: Dynamics of Ritual Change in the Basel Fasnacht“, Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft 28.2 (2020): 276–313 (ISSN 1862-5886)
• „Competing Myths of Czech Identity“, New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations 28.1 (2020) (ISSN 1210-762X)
• „On the Nature of the Gods: Methodological Suggestions for the study of Greek Divinities”, History of Religions 58.2 (2018): 101–127. ISSN: 0018-2710
• „Illud Tempus in Greek Myth and Ritual“, in Mihaela Gligor and Sherry Sabbarwal (eds.), Patterns in Philosophy and Sociology of Religions, Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2011, 91–126 (ISBN 81-316-0388-1) [an expanded version of the paper published in Religion 38 (2008)]
• „Proclus’ Theory of Evil: An Ethical Perspective“, The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 3 (2009): 26–57 (ISSN 1872-5082)
• „Illud Tempus in Greek Myth and Ritual“, Religion 38 (2008): 355–365 (ISSN 0048-721X)
• „The Ritualization of Language in the Hermetica““, Aries: Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism 7 (2007): 133–159 (ISSN 1567-9896)
• „The Semantics of Fertility: Levels of Meaning in the Thesmophoria“, Kernos: Revue internationale et pluridisciplinaire de religion grecque antique 20 (2007): 69–95 (ISSN 0776-3824)
• „Plutarch’s Dualism and the Delphic Cult“, Phronesis: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy 45 (2000): 138–158 (ISSN 0031-8868)
• „Ordered Freedom: Freedom and Providence in Origen”, Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review 169 (2000): 189–209 (ISSN 0018-0750)
• „The Neoplatonic Notion of Justice and Inequality and its Contemporary Relevance“, Journal of Neoplatonic Studies 8 (1999): 75–119 (ISSN 1065-5840)
• „Two Kinds of Necessity in Plato’s Dialogues“, Listy filologické 120 (1997): 204–216 (ISSN 0024-4457)

Czech Articles and Book Chapter

• „Jak náboženství vysvětlovat nereduktivně: Hranice racionality a sebereflexivita“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 27.2 (2019): 163–200 (ISSN 1210-3640) [On Non-Reductive Explanations of Religion: Self-reflexivity and the Boundaries of Rationality]
• Olga Věra Cieslarová – Radek Chlup, „Liminalita na druhou: Dynamika rituálních změn v basilejské Fasnacht“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 26.2 (2018): 133–166 (ISSN 1210-3640) [Second-Degree Liminality: The Dynamics of Ritual Change in the Basel Fasnacht]
• „Symbolická účinnost v Sametovém posvícení“, in Alena Rybníčková, Radek Chlup, Martin Pehal a Evelyne Koubková, Happening: Mezi záměrem a hrou, Praha: AMU, 2015, s. 168–188 (ISBN 978-80-7331-377-7).
• „Doslov: Humanistická religionistika Daniela Palse a její úskalí“, in Daniel L. Pals, Osm teorií náboženství, přel. Lucie Valentinová, Praha: ExOriente, 2015, s. 425–455 (ISBN 978-80-905211-2-4).
• „Logika symbolů: Funkcionalistický strukturalismus Edmunda Leache“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 19/1 (2011): 51–83 (ISSN 1210-3640) [The Logic of Symbols: The Functionalist Structuralism of Edmund Leach]
• „Tělo a látka v Berkeleyho Seiridě“, in Petr Glombíček, James Hill et al., George Berkeley: Průvodce jeho filosofií, Praha: Filosofia, 2009, s. 287–317 (ISBN 978-80-7007-277-6) [Body and Matter in Berkeley’s Seiris]
• „Strukturální antropologie včera a dnes: Sto let Clauda Lévi-Strausse I–II“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 17/1–2 (2009): 3–35, 155–184 (ISSN 1210-3640) [Structural Anthropology Past and Present: One Hundred Years of Claude Lévi-Strauss]
• „Obhajoba alegorického výkladu u novoplatonika Prokla“, Reflexe: Filosofický časopis 33 (2008): 55–82 (ISSN 0862-6901) [Allegorical Exegesis and its Defence by Proclus the Neoplatonist]
• „Illud tempus v řeckém rituálu“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 15 (2007): 185–210 (ISSN 1210-3640) [Illud Tempus in Greek Myth and Ritual]
• „Potíže s duší“, in R. Chlup (ed.), Pojetí duše v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2007, s. 7–38 (ISBN 978-80-86685-82-3) [Troubles with Soul]
• „Formování pojmu duše v Řecku klasické a archaické doby“, in R. Chlup (ed.), Pojetí duše v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2007, s. 38–88 (ISBN 978-80-86685-82-3) [The Rise of the Concept of the Soul in Archaic and Classical Greece]
• „Struktura a antistruktura: Rituál v pojetí Victora Turnera I–II“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 13/1 (2005): 3–28; 13/2 (2005): 179–197 (ISSN 1210-3640) [Structure and Antistructure: Victor Turner’s Theory of Ritual]
• „Vtip a náboženství: Posvátno jako mysterium ludicrum et ridiculum“, Religio: Revue pro religionistiku 13/2 (2005): 261–280 (ISSN 1210-3640) [Jokes and Religion: The Sacred as a Mysterium Ludicrum et Ridiculum]
• „Pojetí božstvsí v Řecku“, in R. Chlup (ed.), Bůh a bohové: Pojetí božství v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2004, s. 31–57 (ISBN 80-86685-42-X) [The Concept of Divinity in Ancient Greece]
• „Antická pojetí svobodné volby“, in M. Havrda – R. Chlup – T. Vítek (eds.), Mediterranea, Praha: ÚFaR, 2002, s. 112–136 [Greek Concepts of Free Choice]
• „Teorie planetárních pohybů v interpretaci novoplatonika Prokla“, Dějiny věd a techniky 32 (1999): 155–168 (ISSN 0300-4414) [The Theory of Planetary Movements as Interpreted by Proclus the Neoplatonist]
• „Apollón a Dionýsos v myšlení Plútarcha z Chairóneie“, in Plútarchos, O delfském E, Praha: Herrmann a synové, 1995, s. 63–205 [Apollo and Dionysus in the Thought of Plutarch]

Edited Books

• R. Chlup (ed.), Pojetí duše v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2007 (ISBN 978-80-86685-82-3)  [The Concept of the Soul in World’s Religious Traditions]
• R. Chlup (ed.), Bůh a bohové: Pojetí božství v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2004 (ISBN 80-86685-42-X) [God and the gods: The Concept of the Divine in the World’s Religious Traditions]
• M. Havrda – R. Chlup – T. Vítek (eds.), Mediterranea: Sborník k padesátinám Zdeňka Kratochvíla, Praha: ÚFaR, 2002 [A Festschrift for Zdeněk Kratochvíl]

Textbooks

• R. Chlup – Filip Horáček, Učebnice klasické řečtiny, Praha: Academia, 2012,  448 stran (ISBN 978-80-200-2123-6) [A Textbook of Classical Greek]

Translations from Ancient Greek

• Proklos, O Platónových námitkách v Ústavě proti Homérovi a básnickému umění, in Radek Chlup, Proklos, Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2009, s. 292–417 (ISBN 978-80-87054-16-1)
• Corpus Hermeticum, Praha: Herrmann a synové, 2007 (ISBN 978-80-87054-09-3)
• Plútarchos, Proč už Pýthie nevěští ve verších, Praha: Oikúmené, 2006 (ISBN 80-7298-187-0)
• Plútarchos, O delfském E, Praha: Hermann a synové, 1995

Teaching

Courses Taught Regularly

• Greek Religion (ARL100109, ARL100110) – once every two years
• Antropology of Religion (ARL100096) – once every two years
• Doctoral Seminar (AXREDOS01) – every year
• Introduction to religious Studies (ARL100002, ARL100003, ARL100311) – every year

Courses Taught Regularly in the Past

• Ancient Greek I (AFS500004, AFS500005, AFS500006)
• Ancient Greek I – Exercises (AFS500046, AFS500047)
• Ancient Greek II (AFS500048, AFS500024, AFS500025)
• Antropology of Religion – A Seminar (ARL100011)
• B.A./M.A. seminar (ARL100018)

Irregular Seminars

• Conspiracy Theory and Religious Studies (ARL100358) – 2021/22
• Cosmology and Society (Mary Douglas) (ARL100139) – 2008/09, 2014/15, 2020/21
• Mythical Aspects of Modern Czech History (ARL100346) – 2020/21
• Political Myths (ARL100331) – 2018/19
• Marriage Rites (ARL100328) – 2018/19
• Funeral Rites (ARL500100) – 2016/17
• Symbolic Action in Public Space (ARL100320) – 2018/19
• Theory of Ritual (ARL100040) – 2010/11, 2018/19
• Ritual and its Interpretation (ARL100041, ARL100042) – 2009/10, 2016/17
• Possession (ARL500069) – 2015/16, 2020/21
• Healing Rituals (ARL100125) – 2007/08, 2014/15, 2019/20
• Greek Tragedies and their Interpretations (ARL500049) – 2014/15
• Greek Iconography (ARL500025) – 2013/14
• Edmund Leach (ARL100244) – 2012/13
• Myth and its Interpretation (ARL100083, ARL100084) – 2011/12
• Violence and the Sacred (ARL100068) – 2005/06

Greek Reading Classes

• Plotinus, Enn. III 2-3 – 2011/12
• Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris – 2010/11
• Epictetus – 2009/10
• Sallustius, On the Gods and the Cosmos – 2008/09
• Proclus, On the Objections of Plato Against Homer – 2006/07
• Plato’s Myths – 2005/06, 2012/13
• Sapiential Poetry – 2015/16