From: Sociology of Religion <SOCREL@PROTECTED> on behalf of Michael Munnik <MunnikM@PROTECTED>
Reply-To: Michael Munnik <MunnikM@PROTECTED>
Date: Friday, December 14, 2018 at 5:46 AM
To: <SOCREL@PROTECTED>
Subject: CfP: The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Dear colleagues,

Please see the following notice - a call for papers from colleagues studying apocalyptic and millenarian movements.

With best regards,

Michael Munnik

Publications and Communications Officer, Socrel

The Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian 
Movements (CenSAMM) is pleased to announce its first annual conference, 
to be held at the University of Bedfordshire (Bedford Campus) 27-28 June 
2019.

The theme of the conference is 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, and will cover 
academic fields such as 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.

Speakers include:
John J. Collins (Yale Divinity School)
Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Bill McGuire (University College London)
Sarah Rollens (Rhodes College)
Beth Singler (University of Cambridge)
Fatima Tofighi (EUME, Berlin/University of Religions, Qom)
Paul-Francois Tremlett (Open University)

We invite individual paper proposals from scholars at all stages of 
their career, including postgraduates, and we welcome suggestions for 
group panels. Please submit proposals to conference@PROTECTED. 
Submissions for papers should include a 300-word abstract and short CV.

Deadline for proposals: 31 March 2019.

Please see the CenSAMM website for more information 
https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcensamm.org%2Fconferences&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cmunnikm%40cardiff.ac.uk%7Cbb29cb68eed24657341e08d6610d800a%7Cbdb74b3095684856bdbf06759778fcbc%7C1&amp;sdata=tB7V9mCVO4RkmVKpghrBa15UiCGwHcEYVm9rfh4ncuE%3D&amp;reserved=0