Partners

At the End of the World is housed at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, a department within Lund University's Joint Faculties of the Humanities and Theology.

Apocalypticism: Manuscripts, Rewriting, and Authority Management (AMRAM; 2021–2024): AMRAM is a three-year research project at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Theology, funded by the Independent Research Council Denmark (DFF). The project investigates the emergence of apocalyptic narratives and worldviews among the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran, applying various methods to the Scrolls, with “Authority Management” as the overall perspective. The aim is to assess how these texts appropriate, maintain, renew, and claim authority. AMRAM takes the composition "Visions of Amram" from Cave Four (4Q543-547) as its primary test-case. The research team consists of Jesper Høgenhaven (PI), Søren Holst, Melissa Sayyad Bach, Kasper Siegismund, and Stefan Marinus Kristensen. Thanks to a Marie Curie scholarship, Jessi Anita Orpana has become affiliated with the AMRAM research team and will working on a related project (2022–2024).

Beyond Truth and Lies: Conspiracy Theories, Post-Truth, and the Conditions of Public Debate (2023–2024): This project aims to find new ways to engage in critical political dialogue in light of recent developments in post-truth culture, particularly the recent prominence of conspiracy theories in politics. Members from At the End of the World involved with Beyond Truth and Lies include Patrik Fridlund (PI) and Aaron James Goldman, who work with their colleague Rickard Andersson. The project is housed at Lund University's Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and is funded by the LMK Foundation.

End of Law (2020–2024): This research project conducts an interdisciplinary study of the secularization of the eschatological idea in the New Testament of an end or fulfillment to law. Members from At the End of the World involved with End of Law include Mårten Björk (PI), Tormod Johansen, Gregor Noll, and Jayne Svenungsson. The project is housed at Lund University's Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and is funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Soundscapes of Warning (2024–2026): The aim of this project is to trace the intellectual, political, material, and cultural development trajectories of the Swedish public warning system VMA (Viktigt meddelande till allmänheten / Important Public Announcement) in order to make a substantial and historically informed research contribution to a clear articulation and communication of policy in the area of sonic public warnings in crisis and war. Members from At the End of the World involved with Soundscapes of Warning include Marie Cronqvist who work with their colleagues Iben Bjørnsson, Rosanna Farbøl, Elin Franzén, and Emil Stjernholm. The project is housed at Linköping University and is funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS): The Käte Hamburger Center for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies at Heidelberg University focuses on the question of how catastrophes and end-time scenarios affect societies, individuals and environments. The aim is to describe past and present system upheavals and collapses in a differentiated way on the basis of a transdisciplinary research approach and to distinguish between them. The reactions to apocalyptic scenarios as well as future designs for the time after the catastrophe are also to be understood, analysed and questioned against the background of their respective historical and cultural frameworks.

Funding for At the End of the World is provided by Sweden's Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation).