SG - Which World Is Ending? Whose World Is Ending?

About Which World Is Ending? Whose World Is Ending?

How lucky we are that there are more worlds to discover than the one that is – apparently - ending! The end of the world as depicted in the cultural imagination and religions of the west is mostly linear, but what about Germanic, Gnostic, Hindu, and Buddhist (to just name a few) ends of the world?

This evening, Arjan Sterken joins the talk show table to talk about the different ends of the world in folklore, Indigenous knowledge, and religion from all around the world. Which world is ending? Whose world is ending? And is the end always the end, or could it also be a new beginning? Discover what we can learn from the many other, non-linear, ends of the world.

About series The Talk Show at the End of the World

What better way to start the academic year than with the end of the world! We live in times of turmoil; catastrophic climate change, the collapse of human civilisations, and the threat of nuclear annihilation are but a few omens of an apocalypse. But the end of the world is notoriously difficult to wrap your head around - until it happens of course. But then it’s already too late. Join The Talk Show at the End of the World and find (dis)comfort in the talks we’ll be having with a wide variety of guests.

About Arjan Sterken

Arjan Sterken (he/him) is a scholar of religion, working as a PhD scholar and teacher at the Radboud University of Nijmegen. His dissertation examines the ambiguity of supernatural beings in Indian and Saxon folklore and mythology. Arjan’s main drive is examining the ways in which humanity extends their regular social realm through the inclusion of all kinds of other beings, among them supernatural beings. Next to that, his research and teaching focuses on mythology (both old and new), Asian religions, and the paranormal.