Mgr. Vojtěch Kaše, Ph.D.

External Fellow of the Department of Comenius Studies and Early Modern and Intellectual History

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Leader of the Project:

The Origins of Modern Encyclopaedism (TOME): Launching Evolutionary Metaphorology

Počátky novověkého encyklopedismu: Spuštění evoluční metaforologie

Poskytovatel/Provider: Ministerstvo školství mládeže a tělovýchovy/Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Program/Programme: ERC CZ

Hlavní řešitel/Principal Investigator: Petr Pavlas

Doba řešení/Solution timeline: 1. 9. 2023 – 31. 8. 2025

Vojtěch Kaše leads the computation group in the TOME project, directing the development of algorithms for automatic metaphor detection and analyzing their spatio-temporal distribution and diffusion. Originally specializing in the academic study of religion, particularly Early Christianity, his research now extends to data analysis across diverse historical periods and contexts. In addition to his role in TOME, he holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic.