At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present
Current events

Course offering: Vid världens slut: Apokalyptiska föreställningar i historia och nutid"
A new Swedish-language distance course will be offered by our program's research team, through Lund University's Centre for Theology and Religious Studies. Check out the details here.

Check out three pieces by Patrik Fridlund: "Populism som idé", "Vårt behov av fiktion", & "A Voice that Must be Silenced? In the Name of Reason."
Patrik Fridlund has authored a popular piece for Opulens titled “Vårt behov av fiktion”, a peer-reviewed article titled “Populism som idé” for Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, and for Logoi.ph – Journal of Philosophy, “A Voice that Must be Silenced? — In the Name of Reason. A Reading of D’un ton apocalyptique adopté naguère en philosophie”.

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 19 June 2025, focusing on an article draft he will circulate in advance to attendees. Click here for more details.

Congrats to Natalie Bloch!
Our researcher Natalie Bloch has awarded a Shneer Family Fellowship for 2025–2026, in order to conduct research at the University of Colorado's library for Rare and Distinctive Collections. Her research will explore the envisioning of apocalyptic spaces for human-divine encounters in Rabbi Shlomo Schachter-Shalomi's psychedelic hermeneutics.
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.