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Tristan Sturm

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Reader in Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast Research: apocalypse; geopolitics; Israel-Palestine; Christian Zionists; conspiracy theories; climate change https://www.apocalypticgeopolitics.com/

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Nov 15

My book with Tom Albrecht, Apocalyptic Conspiracism: American Evangelicalism in the Age of Climate Crisis, was delivered today! Thx Seb and Lalle!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apocalypt...

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 8d

A few quotes on Naim Khoury in Trouw: “A Palestinian, a Christian at that, who supports Israel and uses its Zionist arguments—that sends the message that the genocide in Gaza isn't so bad. That's a powerful diplomatic tool... Yet Khoury himself is sincere in his faith.” www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...

Dat Gaza wordt vernietigd, is bijbels voorspeld, zegt deze invloedrijke Palestijnse dominee

De Palestijnse predikant Naim Khoury is christen-zionist: hij steunt Israël, ook al beschuldigt de halve wereld het land van genocide. Vrede verwacht hij niet meer, het einde der tijden is ophanden.

www.trouw.nl

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 12d

My new book coming out next month examines our apocalyptic moment--climate, conspiracy, authoritarianism, geopolitics, etc: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur...

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism

In an age shadowed by pandemics, climate catastrophe, authoritarian resurgence, and existential technological threats, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism…

www.bloomsbury.com

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for your praise, Clifton. Very much appreciated. I should also leave all social media, I rarely use it, and as I think you are saying, it too often amplifies conspiracism. Be well and take care!

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you @cliftonlee.bsky.social !!!

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · 24d

Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled!

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Aug 24

“And it, in some ways, makes sense, right? It’s easier to focus on a bunch of towers than the sort of larger structures of the crisis of political legitimacy and representation that we see in Northern Ireland specifically.”

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Aug 24

“But I think what we’re seeing here geographically, at least in west Belfast, is a group of people who have a history of being surveilled and understanding it in a particular way."

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Aug 24

A feature interview with me in the Belfast Telegraph why 5G towers are being burned in West Belfast. It is essentially one long quote (paywalled). See comments for title context. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

Conspiracy expert on why NI has held on to one particular ‘nonsensical’ theory: ‘In some ways, it makes sense, right?’

There’s an old joke that neatly encapsulates humanity’s ability to cling on to fervent conviction in the face of irrefutable evidence: a JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven. When he’s gree...

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Jul 3

Many years in the making. Thx for the support and contributions @censamm.bsky.social !!! Should be available in late October.

CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · Jul 3

Still a few months until publication, but we're excited to see this Handbook feature so many scholars we've worked with over the years: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur...

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Jul 2

With Uzodinma Iweala (of Beats of No Nation fame), a new fellow at CAPAS! Lovely fella, writing on apocalyptic conspiracies no less!

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Jun 20

Im unable to put myself in Trump's mind, he is mercurial, not rational. What will happen is wide open: Too strong of an act of force by Iran or Israel could tip scales. Without a Ukrainian peace deal, perhaps Trump realised Putin is not his friend. But, as said, Trump isn't a rational actor.

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Jun 18

My new oped in @forward.com asking, "Will the U.S. get involved in Iran? Mike Huckabee’s evangelical worldview may be the key".
forward.com/opinion/7299...

Will the U.S. get involved in Iran? Mike Huckabee's evangelical worldview may be the key

Mike Huckabee's text to President Trump implicitly urging action against Iran had deep roots in Christian Zionist theology.

forward.com

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Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · Jun 8

Top recommendation! Very excited for Ben Anderson and Anna J. Secor's new book 💥

Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social · Jun 8

The Politics of Feeling with
@benandersongeog.bsky.social
comes out the 1st of July! So excited for readers and grateful for the lovely blurbs from Will Davies, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @carolynpedwell.bsky.social

Book cover Goldsmiths Press The Politics of Feeling by Ben Anderson and Anna J Secor

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Jun 9

Come join our fabulously fun and supportive Geography dept at Queen's University Belfast!

Diarmid Finnegan @diarmidf.bsky.social · Jun 9

Temporary human geography job opportunity at Queen’s University (Teaching Fellow 0.75). hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Job profile

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 31

Oh wow, their music travelled farther than I would have thought!

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 30

My first intro to Lakes of Ponchartrain was by Canadian friends of ours, the Be Good Tanyas in 2000. Faster, but no less sentimental: youtu.be/Dtywt38RnX4?...

Lakes of Pontchartrain

YouTube video by The Be Good Tanyas - Topic

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 30

My new paper asking what a geography of conspiracism might look like and how we might engage conspiracist publics: "Conspiracist knowledge geographies and the potentiality of an impossible political alliance” doi.org/10.1177/2043...

Conspiracist knowledge geographies and the potentiality of an impossible political alliance - Tristan Sturm, 2025

This paper interrogates the epistemic and spatial dimensions of conspiracy theories through the lens of knowledge geographies, foregrounding the socio-spatial i...

doi.org

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 25

I like this kayfabe concept, normality as performance.

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 23

Things aren't right, yet our mundane lives continue. We live in hypernormalisation (nice Le Guin quote at end): www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

www.theguardian.com

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The Fair Witness 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adam-ross.bsky.social · May 22

Balfour was an antisemite, and the Balfour Declaration wasn’t about compassion—it was about removing Jews from Europe and fulfilling a Christian Zionist prophecy requiring Jews in Israel to trigger the end-times and the Second Coming. A century later, the end-times are here—but Jesus is still MIA.

Christian Zionism and the Apocalyptic Landscape of Gaza | Contending Modernities

This nationalism is religious at its core, sprung from a set of interpretations of the Bible that identifies the Jewish return to Israel as a prophetic sign of the imminence of the apocalypse.

contendingmodernities.nd.edu

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 22

I agree, but we can go farther back still. A nice piece by Hanine Shehadeh in Political Theology that pushes "Christian Zionism" and the west's colonial designs on Palestine 300 or so years earlier: politicaltheology.com/in-christs-n...

In Christ’s Name: Christian Zionism and the Liquidation of the Gaza Ghetto | Political Theology Network

The Western inability to recognize Palestinians as fully human is often attributed to Islamophobia, framed as a post-9/11 construct that portrays Muslim violence as a threat to the liberal West.

politicaltheology.com

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 18

I'm pleased to hear about the decline of the semi-colon. They are usually used incorrectly, often as colons or as comma splices. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests

Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it

www.theguardian.com

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 12

Jealous you weren't on that train?

Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · May 12

Interested in Macron, Starmer, and Merz's alleged cocaine party and the post-truth frenzy that resulted? I was interviewed on Times Radio (Hugo Rifkind) today (2:37:00-2:44:53): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

Hugo Rifkind | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times

Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.

www.thetimes.com

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Tristan Sturm @tristansturm.bsky.social · Apr 14

Mike Huckabee was confirmed last week as US ambassador to Israel, hence my oped on his apocalyptic designs being republished in The Forward:

forward.com/opinion/6754...

Mike Huckabee's old-school Christian Zionism is bad news for anyone who wants Middle East peace

Mike Huckabee's Christian Zionism could have dire implications for Israel and Palestinians in President-elect Donald Trump's second term.

forward.com