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.
Mia-Marie Hammarlin on Researcher Vulnerability and Physical Impacts
Mia-Marie Hammarlin, a researcher on At the End of the World, was interviewed for a podcast episode associated with Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal. You can listen to the episode on Spotify at this link.
Interview with Tobias Hägerland and Cecilia Wassén about their book Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet
Tobias Hägerland and Cecilia Wassén were interviewed about Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet (T&T Clark, 2021) by Pistis Productions for the podcast Bereano 17:11 [See Acts 17:10–11], which you can view or listen to on YouTube.
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.)
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.