Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements

09/10/2026

The Uprising: CenSAMM discussion of the new Peasants' Revolt film by Paul Greengrass https://censamm.substack.com/p/the-uprising-the-film-the-revolt

05/10/2026

CenSAMM's blog is now on Substack! Subscribe and enjoy (for free, of course).

The Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM) is based in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. CenSAMM promotes academic research into apocalyptic and millenarian movements across time & place. Click to read CenSAMM, a Substack publication. Launche...

23/09/2026

New! Two podcasts and dictionary articles on Joanna Southcott and Jesus of Nazareth.

Category: Podcast Tagged: September 23, 2026 Continuing the celebration of over ten years of the University of Cambridge's CenSAMM (founded 2015), we offer more podcasts on some of the topics covered or touched upon over the past decade. Two podcasts are now available as companions to new CDAMM arti...

14/04/2026

New CDAMM article on Captain Pouch

James Crossley. 2026. "Captain Pouch." In James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.), Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements. 27 March 2026. Retrieved from www.cdamm.org/captain-pouch

02/03/2026

Annual Conference,19-21 August 2026, Dublin, with BASR and ISASR.

Details here: https://censamm.org/blog/annual-conference-2026

20/02/2026

New CenSAMM podcast: The Visitation, the Southcottians, and the Panacea Society

Category: Podcast Tagged: February 20, 2026 Continuing the celebration of over ten years of the University of Cambridge's CenSAMM (founded 2015), we offer more podcasts on some of the topics covered or touched upon over the past decade. In this episode, CenSAMM Director James Crossley discusses the....

22/01/2026

Details of the CenSAMM seminar series for this term now available:

Category: News Tagged: January 22, 2026 Apocalypticism and Millenarian Movements Seminar, University of Cambridge (Lent Term 2026) Simon Gathercole and Joseph Webster, “Everyday Millenarianism, Ancient and Modern” (Tuesday 27 January 2026, 4.30–5.30pm) Alastair Lockhart, “Uncovering the Apoc...

09/12/2025

New blog post by Damian Cyrocki on his new book, The Mariavites: Heresy, the Apocalypse, and Poland's Female Saviour (Equinox, 2025)

Category: Reviews Tagged: Mariavite, Mateczka December 9, 2025 The Mariavites: Heresy, the Apocalypse, and Poland's Female Saviour (Equinox, 2025) Damian Cyrocki discusses his new book on the Polish apocalyptic movement. In 1975, Oxford University Press published The Third Adam, a fascinating book b...