Associate Professor Martin Elbel

Academic discipline: History

Martin Elbel is an Associate Professor at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc. His primary research area is early modern European culture. He has been engaged in the study of the history of the Franciscan Order, investigating its communication strategies and societal interactions. Additionally, his academic interests encompass rituals, magic, and witchcraft, as well as visual culture. He has held visiting fellowships at the Warburg Institute in London, IASH in Edinburgh, and NIAS in Wassenaar, and a visiting professorship at the University of Osaka. Presently, he is working on a project titled Under Ominous Skies: Experiencing Storms in Early Modern Bohemian Lands, which seeks to explore cultural responses to natural hazards in pre-modern society.