Is the apocalypse a meaningful topic for critical theory beyond its religious significance? What ... more Is the apocalypse a meaningful topic for critical theory beyond its religious significance? What role does it play in modern philosophy from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to Karl Marx and his followers? Is it possible to demonstrate, through works of art, how apocalyptic and perhaps postapocalyptic imaginaries help us excavate the past in search of a new future? On the other hand, how do literary and cinematic representations of apocalypse reinforce dominant cultural ideologies? What role do dystopian visions play in shaping the conservative political discourses of our historical context? Can apocalyptic literature and cinema be seen as an ideology of neoliberal capitalism?
La conferencia busca abordar la "ruptura", como un modo de concebir las formas radicales de disco... more La conferencia busca abordar la "ruptura", como un modo de concebir las formas radicales de discontinuidad y sus potencialidades. Al abordar el cambio sistémico real e imaginario en el contexto de desafíos sociales, políticos y ecológicos apremiantes, buscamos contribuciones que investiguen la inmensa diversidad de rupturas en el tiempo y el espacio para evaluar y actuar sobre los efectos transformadores radicales que provocan.
We are particular interested in contributions that face up to nuclear hauntings, engaging the ent... more We are particular interested in contributions that face up to nuclear hauntings, engaging the entanglements between political violence and nuclear annihilation as tethered to specific modes of (Western) domination. What are the cultural politics of nuclear haunting? How do ghosts invoke the gendered and raced violence of nuclear trauma? When and why do nuclear repressions seize to work? How do nuclear politics reconceptualize notions of temporality and materiality? How do they name the conditions of ontological insecurity and epistemological limits? Under what conditions do nuclear ghosts invite (collective) actions or meaningful narratives about life and death? What does the nuclear imaginary tell us about past, present, and future endings of the world/worlds?
We are seeking original submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a figure of thought (... more We are seeking original submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a figure of thought (a practice, relationship, form, experience, aesthetic, or theme) in order to grapple with the cultural politics of disaster, catastrophe, and the (up)ending of worlds. Thinking with the End(s) of Worlds – Are we living in the end times or has the end of the world already happened? What if the apocalypse is not simply an imagined catastrophic event to come, but a revelation, an inspiration and (perhaps) a chance for a better world?
The Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) is a Centre for Ad... more The Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) is a Centre for Advanced Studies at Heidelberg University. It gathers international scholars and scientists to research collaboratively on ideas and experiences of the doom of worlds and their aftermath. The aim of the 2022-2023 academic year is to explore the imaginary of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic worlds in a transcultural and transdisciplinary perspective, with special regard to Europe and the Americas.
Apocalyptica is an interdisciplinary, international, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal ... more Apocalyptica is an interdisciplinary, international, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) at Heidelberg University. The journal publishes incisive analyses and diverse perspectives regarding the end of worlds. We are seeking submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a forceful figure of thought in order to grapple with the historical experiences, present confrontations, and future possibilities of (up)ending worlds.
Is the apocalypse a meaningful topic for critical theory beyond its religious significance? What ... more Is the apocalypse a meaningful topic for critical theory beyond its religious significance? What role does it play in modern philosophy from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to Karl Marx and his followers? Is it possible to demonstrate, through works of art, how apocalyptic and perhaps postapocalyptic imaginaries help us excavate the past in search of a new future? On the other hand, how do literary and cinematic representations of apocalypse reinforce dominant cultural ideologies? What role do dystopian visions play in shaping the conservative political discourses of our historical context? Can apocalyptic literature and cinema be seen as an ideology of neoliberal capitalism?
La conferencia busca abordar la "ruptura", como un modo de concebir las formas radicales de disco... more La conferencia busca abordar la "ruptura", como un modo de concebir las formas radicales de discontinuidad y sus potencialidades. Al abordar el cambio sistémico real e imaginario en el contexto de desafíos sociales, políticos y ecológicos apremiantes, buscamos contribuciones que investiguen la inmensa diversidad de rupturas en el tiempo y el espacio para evaluar y actuar sobre los efectos transformadores radicales que provocan.
We are particular interested in contributions that face up to nuclear hauntings, engaging the ent... more We are particular interested in contributions that face up to nuclear hauntings, engaging the entanglements between political violence and nuclear annihilation as tethered to specific modes of (Western) domination. What are the cultural politics of nuclear haunting? How do ghosts invoke the gendered and raced violence of nuclear trauma? When and why do nuclear repressions seize to work? How do nuclear politics reconceptualize notions of temporality and materiality? How do they name the conditions of ontological insecurity and epistemological limits? Under what conditions do nuclear ghosts invite (collective) actions or meaningful narratives about life and death? What does the nuclear imaginary tell us about past, present, and future endings of the world/worlds?
We are seeking original submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a figure of thought (... more We are seeking original submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a figure of thought (a practice, relationship, form, experience, aesthetic, or theme) in order to grapple with the cultural politics of disaster, catastrophe, and the (up)ending of worlds. Thinking with the End(s) of Worlds – Are we living in the end times or has the end of the world already happened? What if the apocalypse is not simply an imagined catastrophic event to come, but a revelation, an inspiration and (perhaps) a chance for a better world?
The Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) is a Centre for Ad... more The Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) is a Centre for Advanced Studies at Heidelberg University. It gathers international scholars and scientists to research collaboratively on ideas and experiences of the doom of worlds and their aftermath. The aim of the 2022-2023 academic year is to explore the imaginary of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic worlds in a transcultural and transdisciplinary perspective, with special regard to Europe and the Americas.
Apocalyptica is an interdisciplinary, international, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal ... more Apocalyptica is an interdisciplinary, international, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) at Heidelberg University. The journal publishes incisive analyses and diverse perspectives regarding the end of worlds. We are seeking submissions that actively explore the apocalypse as a forceful figure of thought in order to grapple with the historical experiences, present confrontations, and future possibilities of (up)ending worlds.
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