At the End of the World Newsletter – 22 March 2023

At the End of the World Newsletter – 22 March 2023

Dear all,

We are excited to send out the inaugural newsletter for the At the End of the World research program, housed at Lund University. Our goal is to send two newsletters during each of the fall and spring academic terms. In our newsletters, we will inform subscribers about upcoming events, including twice-per-term webinars, which we will begin in the fall of 2023.

Table of contents: 

1. Program website 

2. Upcoming events of interest by program affiliates 

3. Recent activities and publications by program team members 

1. Program website 

The program’s website is located at https://www.endoftheworld.lu.se/, featuring brief profiles of each team member. The website will also log each of these newsletters. 

2. Upcoming events of interest by program affiliates 

HT-Dagarna, 14–15 April 2023
Jayne Svenungsson (with Aaron Goldman, Marie Cronqvist, and Johannes Stripple), Goldman, and Patrik Fridlund will all publicly present research for At the End of the World at Lund University's HT-Dagarna, which take place 14–15 April at the LUX building in Lund. Information – including presentation abstracts, times, and locations – is accessible at this link. 

Konspiration och politik. Perspektiv på konspirationsteorier idag, 17 April 2023
Program researchers Patrik Fridlund and Aaron Goldman – along with their colleague Rickard Andersson – are organizing a Swedish-language panel discussion on 17 April 2023 about the role of conspiracy theories in politics. The event will take place at Lund University, LUX C:121, from 17:15 until 19:00; it will be moderated by Sofia Ulver, and the panel includes Fridlund, program researcher Mia-Marie Hammarlin, and Björn Lundberg. Information can be found at this link. 

Rymden — ändliga eller oändliga resurser?, 17 April 2023
David Dunér has arranged, and is participating in a Swedish-language panel discussion 19:00–20:00 on 17 April at the City Hall in Lund. The panel, titled Rymden — ändliga eller oändliga resurser?, concerns questions of sustainability in outer space.

Populism and religion, 9 May 2023
Patrik Fridlund, Aaron Goldman, and their colleague Rickard Andersson will be hosting one additional Zoom seminar this term on Populism and Religion. The seminar, on 9 May, will feature a paper by Antje Jackelén titled “Populism and Its Four Poisonous Companions – A Theological Riposte”. 

3. Recent activities and publications by program team members

Publications: 

Marie Cronqvist wrote a piece “Domedagen har aldrig varit lika nära” for Svenska Dagbladet, published on 23 January 2023. 

Mia-Marie Hammarlin wrote a piece about her experiences with COVID-vaccine skeptics for The Conversation, published on 17 February 2023. 

David Dunér wrote ”Mörkret i människan”, published in Axess 2023:1, pp. 24–29. 

Dunér also wrote, ”Det ovan såsom det nedan”, in Hjärnstorm, no. 150 (2022), pp. 54–62. ISSN 0348-6958.

Jayne Svenungsson wrote the entry on ‘Millenarianism’, in the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. University of St Andrews (2022): https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/Millenarianism. 

Courses: 

Our research program is committed to maintaining close ties between our ongoing research and our instruction of students. This commitment is reflected in university courses, which members of our research team are involved in coordinating or teaching. You can find them on the courses page of our website. 

All the best, 
Aaron 
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Aaron James Goldman, PhD
Research Fellow, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Lund University
Researcher & Secretary, At the End of the World