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The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches

The Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) 2021 conference was held online 29 June to 1 July 2021.

The theme of the conference was

The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches


The aim of the conference is to facilitate critical and interdisciplinary discussion of apocalypticism, millenarianism and associated movements across time, place, and culture. Academic fields include anthropology, archaeology, biblical studies, critical theory, cultural studies, history, literary studies, political studies, psychology, religious studies, sociology, etc. The interdisciplinary scope is broadly understood to include methodologies, comparative approaches, and showcasing of research more specific to individual fields of expertise.

Invited speakers include:

Kelly Baker (independent scholar and author)

Ipsita Chatterjea (SORAAAD, University of Regina, Canada)

Lorenzo DiTommaso (Concordia University, Canada)

Paul Middleton (University of Chester, UK)

Rachel Wagner (Ithaca College, NY)

The full programme with abstracts is available here as a .pdf.

George Chryssides, "Beyond Armageddon"
George Chryssides, "Beyond Armageddon"
Matthew Fisher, "Samuel Lane and Robert Hoadley Ashe"
Matthew Fisher, "Samuel Lane and Robert Hoadley Ashe"
Edward Graham Hyde, "Empower me and I'll follow"
Edward Graham Hyde, "Empower me and I'll follow"
Sarah Harvey, "Jehovah's Witnesses: Enquiries and Concerns"
Sarah Harvey, "Jehovah's Witnesses: Enquiries and Concerns"
Donald Jacobs, "A long stretch to serve the Lord undivided"
Donald Jacobs, "A long stretch to serve the Lord undivided"
Tommy Lynch, "Race, the World and Its End: A New Apocalypticism?"
Tommy Lynch, "Race, the World and Its End: A New Apocalypticism?"
Gary Perkins, "A millenarian, apocalyptic, ‘pacifist’ and sectarian religion and the retelling..."
Gary Perkins, "A millenarian, apocalyptic, ‘pacifist’ and sectarian religion and the retelling..."
Emily Pothast, "Toward a Theory of the Apocalyptic Apparatus"
Emily Pothast, "Toward a Theory of the Apocalyptic Apparatus"

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    • Video Games and Religion: Apocalypse and Utopia
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    • Virtual Symposium: The Cold War and the End Times
    • The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements Conference 2020
    • The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements Conference 2019
    • Natural Disasters and the Apocalypse (1500 to Present) Sept 13, 2018
    • Apocalypse in Art: The Creative Unveiling (June 28 and 29, 2018)
      • Apocalypse in Art: The Creative Unveiling (June 2018) media archive
    • AI and Apocalypse (April 5 and 6, 2018)
      • AI and Apocalypse conference (April 2018) media archive
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