At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present
Current events
Upcoming Lectures by Christine Helmer & Robert Orsi
Christine Helmer and Robert Orsi, Professors of Religious Studies at Northwestern University (USA), will each deliver lectures at Lund University on 23 September 2025. Helmer's is titled, “Sacramental Religion in Apocalyptic Times” and Orsi's “The Gods of the Contemporary Far-Right.” More information is available on this page.
Online seminar: “On the Nature and End of Law: Theological, Philosophical and Juridical Discourses”
On 4 September 2025 (15:00–16:00 Swedish time), Mårten Björk and Tormod Johansen, alongside others, will present at a webinar titled “On the Nature and End of Law: Theological, Philosophical and Juridical Discourses.” You must register in advance for the webinar.
New article by Jayne Svenungsson: "Prophetic political theology: Daniel Bensaïd's alternative radicalism"
Jayne Svenungsson has published a piece in Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studiesreinterpreting Bensaïd as a prophetic political theologian.
(Svenungsson also published a piece in Swedish for a special issue of the journal Fronesis about the concept of the future.)
Kayfabe Making, Kayfabe Breaking: Trump, Authenticity, and the Politics of Unmasking
The affiliated project Beyond Truth and Lies will host a seminar at Lund University by researcher Aaron James Goldman on 2 September 2025, focusing on an article draft he will circulate in advance to attendees. Click here for more details.
Image Credits
John Martin. The Great Day of His Wrath. Painting (oil on canvas), c. 1851.
Dasha Urvachova. Kid's shoe at kindergarden in Chernobyl. Photograph, 2020.
Unknown artist. The Celestial Jerusalem, detail. Tapestry from Château d'Angers, 14th century.