Call for Papers

Climate and Apocalypse

Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM)

June 29 - 30, 2017. Inside the Big Top at the Panacea Charitable Trust gardens, Bedford, United Kingdom

CenSAMM Symposia Series 2017 / www.censamm.org

Abstracts are due by February 28, 2017.

*deadline extended to Tuesday, March 14, 2017*

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

David Livingstone, Queens University Belfast

Michael Ruse, Florida State University

We invite papers from those working across disciplines to contribute to a two-day symposium on the broad subject of Climate and Apocalypse.

Climate change is arguably the most serious threat to humanity that we face—a real phenomenon which could change our planet forever and visit upon us weather changes and events of biblical proportions. So why do we largely ignore it by living in a numbed state of perpetual cognitive dissidence? 

As many despair in the absence of any real leadership or political will to instigate required changes what can be done? It is little wonder that psychological effects such as eco anxiety and climate depression are becoming more commonplace.

This symposium seeks to explore how creative and often misunderstood apocalyptic philosophy can make sense of, and is present in, our contemporary reality; and how it can interpret how we got here and what can be done.

We welcome papers in any disciplinary field including, but not limited to Religious Studies, the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences that contribute to understanding and promote discussion and debate on this topic. Approaches could include interdisciplinary scholarship, cross-cultural and inter-religious engagement in literature and theology, history, exegesis, anthropology, social sciences, cultural studies, political theory or theology and so on.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be emailed to simonrobinson@PROTECTED no later than February 28, 2017. In the body of your email, please include your name, institution if applicable, contact information, and the title of your abstract.

Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference programme. It is the lead author’s responsibility to ensure their abstract is accurate and ready for publication at the time of submission.

Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length in order to accommodate questions.

Presentations and subsequent discussions will be livestreamed via the internet and will be digitally archived and made available for future reference.

We encourage the use of accessible language and approaches to communicate concepts and ideas.

Applications for accommodation and travel cost reimbursements may be considered.

Find our 2017 calls for papers at www.censamm.org

Simon Robinson

Panacea Trust Project Director

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