Programme

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

  • 9-9:30h — Opening Session

José Horta, Head of CH-ULisboa, University of Lisbon

Rodrigo Furtado, Head of CEC, University of Lisbon

José Pedro Serra, School Librarian, FLUL Library, University of Lisbon

Maria Cristina Pimentel, Dean of Division, Literatures, Arts and Cultures, University of Lisbon

Hermenegildo Fernandes, Dean of Division, History, University of Lisbon

Alexandra Assis Rosa, Associate Dean, University of Lisbon

  • 9:30 a.m. – Prolegomena to Apocalyptic, Ana T. Valdez, University of Lisbon
  • 9:45-11:15 a.m. — Biblical Violence

         Alexandra Assis Rosa, University of Lisbon, Moderator

Yaweh Committing Murder: Understanding the Chronicler’s Portrayal of Divine Violence, Louis Jonker, Stellenbosch University

Empire of the Son: Imperial Violence in the Book of Revelation and Beyond, Paul Middleton, University of Chester

  • 11:15-11:30 a.m.— Break
  • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. — Time and Space

         Hermenegildo Fernandes, University of Lisbon, Moderator

Travels at the End of Time: Post-Apocalyptic Landscapes in Ancient Jewish Literature?, Jesper Høgenhaven, University of Copenhagen

Apocalyptic, Theology, and Spatial Turn, Alexandre Palma, Portuguese Catholic University

  • 1-2:30 p.m.  – Lunch Break
  • 2:30-4 p.m. — Judeo-Christian Apocalyptic

     Raquel Beleza da Silva, University of Coimbra, Moderator

Early Jewish Apocalyptic Literature as Resistance to Imperial Violence: Summary of Previous Research and New Avenues for Analysis, Anathea Portier-Young, Duke University

Preliminaries of Resurrection: Apocalyptic Visions and the Incitement of Violence, John J. Collins, Yale University

  • 4-4:15 p.m.  — Coffee Break
  • 4:15-6 p.m.  — Modern Apocalyptic and Violence

      Luís Nuno Rodrigues, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Moderator

The Religious Entanglement of Nuclear Weapons, Alastair Lockhart, CenSAMM, University of Cambridge

Is Everything We Don’t Like “Apocalyptic”? Cold War Trajectories and Legacies, James Crossley, CenSAMM/MFO

Apocalyptic Violence, New Societies, and Irredentism in the Northern Adriatic, Maura Hametz, James Madison University

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

  • 9:30-11 a.m. — Between War and Peace

     Sofia Frade, University of Lisbon, Moderator

The Apocalyptic Paul, and Violence that Lingers, Jeremia Punt, Stellenbosch University

Reaching the End of Time: António Vieira, SJ and Universal Evangelization, Ana T. Valdez, University of Lisbon

  • 11-11:30 a.m. — Coffee Break
  • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. — Bible and Terrorism

         Raquel Vaz-Pinto, NOVA University, Moderator

Apocalypse Ever Again: Variations of Violence, Contradictions of Eschatology, Catherine Keller, Drew University

Drawing ‘Us’ vs. ‘Them”: Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in Apocalyptic Terrorism, Frances Flannery, James Madison University