Tristan Sturm
@tristansturm.bsky.social
Reader in Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast
Research: apocalypse; geopolitics; Palestine-Israel; Christian Zionists; conspiracy theories; climate change
https://www.apocalypticgeopolitics.com/
Research: apocalypse; geopolitics; Palestine-Israel; Christian Zionists; conspiracy theories; climate change
https://www.apocalypticgeopolitics.com/
Pinned
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...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apocalypt...
My piece in Jacobin published today on Peter Thiel's apocalyptic geopolitics w/ Rory Rowan (just 17 years after we agreed to write something together on the End!) jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Worldview Is a Dangerous Fantasy
Peter Thiel recently generated headlines with his rambling diatribes about the Antichrist. Thiel’s lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power...
jacobin.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My piece in Jacobin published today on Peter Thiel's apocalyptic geopolitics w/ Rory Rowan (just 17 years after we agreed to write something together on the End!) jacobin.com/2025/11/pete...
My new book is out and in the wild, The Bloomsbury Handbook for Apocalypticism and Millennialism (w/ Andrew Crime), filled with brilliant interventions in the field, including by @tommylynch.bsky.social see below!
Excited to see this in the flesh at the AAR/SBL. @tristansturm.bsky.social and Andrew Crome have put together an excellent volume. I have a chapter on political theology and apocalypticism which is the first published version of my work on what I'm calling new apocalyptic tones.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My new book is out and in the wild, The Bloomsbury Handbook for Apocalypticism and Millennialism (w/ Andrew Crime), filled with brilliant interventions in the field, including by @tommylynch.bsky.social see below!
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
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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...
Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled!
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled!
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
August 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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...
Many years in the making. Thx for the support and contributions @censamm.bsky.social !!! Should be available in late October.
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...
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Many years in the making. Thx for the support and contributions @censamm.bsky.social !!! Should be available in late October.
With Uzodinma Iweala (of Beats of No Nation fame), a new fellow at CAPAS! Lovely fella, writing on apocalyptic conspiracies no less!
July 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
With Uzodinma Iweala (of Beats of No Nation fame), a new fellow at CAPAS! Lovely fella, writing on apocalyptic conspiracies no less!
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...
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
June 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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...
forward.com/opinion/7299...
Reposted by Tristan Sturm
Top recommendation! Very excited for Ben Anderson and Anna J. Secor's new book 💥
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
@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
June 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Top recommendation! Very excited for Ben Anderson and Anna J. Secor's new book 💥
Come join our fabulously fun and supportive Geography dept at Queen's University Belfast!
Temporary human geography job opportunity at Queen’s University (Teaching Fellow 0.75). hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Job profile
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Come join our fabulously fun and supportive Geography dept at Queen's University Belfast!
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
May 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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...
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
May 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Things aren't right, yet our mundane lives continue. We live in hypernormalisation (nice Le Guin quote at end): www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Reposted by Tristan Sturm
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
May 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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.
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
May 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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...
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
May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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...
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...
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
April 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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...
forward.com/opinion/6754...
Brilliant piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on "end times fascism", an escapist resonance of Christian right and fascist Trumpers facilitating the End. They cite my oped on Huckabee, so that's pretty darn special!
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Brilliant piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on "end times fascism", an escapist resonance of Christian right and fascist Trumpers facilitating the End. They cite my oped on Huckabee, so that's pretty darn special!
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by Tristan Sturm
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
New paper on why the 'illegal' should be taught in Planning and planned for in the city. In this case, we focus on people who use drugs. Thank you @bolandphilip.bsky.social, this is the result of your vision, drive, and hardwork!
Just published with @gwshorter.bsky.social and @tristansturm.bsky.social Rewarding interdisciplinary collaboration
March 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New paper on why the 'illegal' should be taught in Planning and planned for in the city. In this case, we focus on people who use drugs. Thank you @bolandphilip.bsky.social, this is the result of your vision, drive, and hardwork!
I was interviewed for this long form article on Operation Ebenezer Exodus, a well funded Christian Zionists org that helps Jews immigrate to Israel-Palestine to hasten Armageddon and Christ's return (in Dutch). Thx Jasmijn!: www.groene.nl/artikel/land...
Voor de christen-zionisten van Ebenezer Operatie Exodus is bezetting van de Westoever de wil van God
Volgens de christelijk-zionistische organisatie Ebenezer Operatie Exodus is de Westelijke Jordaanoever het bijbelse hart van Israël. De Nederlandse afdeling helpt joden en christenen met verhuizingen ...
www.groene.nl
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I was interviewed for this long form article on Operation Ebenezer Exodus, a well funded Christian Zionists org that helps Jews immigrate to Israel-Palestine to hasten Armageddon and Christ's return (in Dutch). Thx Jasmijn!: www.groene.nl/artikel/land...
Library representation. Thx @rickiorawe.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Library representation. Thx @rickiorawe.bsky.social
"Geographers" in top 10 of highest paying with least stress job (Remote sensing also in the top 10 so arguably two spots). www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j...
The top 10 highest-paying jobs with the least amount of stress in 2025
The highest-paid job on the list had an annual median salary of $157,740
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2024 at 9:33 AM
"Geographers" in top 10 of highest paying with least stress job (Remote sensing also in the top 10 so arguably two spots). www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j...
Congrats to my PhD student, Steven Farquhar, who won the highest overall Masters grade from a cohort of 120 students!
December 26, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Congrats to my PhD student, Steven Farquhar, who won the highest overall Masters grade from a cohort of 120 students!
Delighted to see published my chapter w/ Tom Albrecht, "Religion and Geopolitics: Apocalyptic Geopolitics as a Way of Knowing About Global Space", in the Handbook of the Geographies of Religion, edited by Lily Kong, Orlando Woods, and Justin K.H. Tse. link.springer.com/referencewor...
Religion and Geopolitics: Apocalyptic Geopolitics as a Way of Knowing About Global Space
This chapter explores the reciprocal relationship between religion and geopolitics in which historically formed religious beliefs produce imaginations of global space and, conversely, geopolitical kno...
link.springer.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Delighted to see published my chapter w/ Tom Albrecht, "Religion and Geopolitics: Apocalyptic Geopolitics as a Way of Knowing About Global Space", in the Handbook of the Geographies of Religion, edited by Lily Kong, Orlando Woods, and Justin K.H. Tse. link.springer.com/referencewor...
Reposted by Tristan Sturm
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen...
mondoweiss.net
December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…