The study of humankind’s fascination with the apocalyptic is a vast field, and has gained currency over the last two decades with the approach and passing of the start of a new millennium. It is a subject that spans cultures, religions, time and space, and one that resists easy categorical definition.

In Through a Glass Darkly, scholars and artists gather each year to deliver presentations and engage in dialogue at the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities on the campus of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. The 2018 presenters include John J. Collins (Yale Divinity School), Ian Paul (University of Nottingham), Daniel G. Hummel (University of Wisconsin), Francis Gumerlock (Providence Theological Seminary), Derek Keller (Cosumnes River College), Lorenzo DiTommaso (Concordia University Montreal) and Colin McAllister (UCCS). All will join the course HUM 3990: Visions of Darkness: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Literature, Art & Film for a concluding roundtable discussion.

Through a Glass Darkly was founded in 2015 and is directed by Colin McAllister in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. In 2018, Lorenzo DiTommaso of Concordia University Montreal will join as Co-Director. Through a Glass Darkly is generously underwritten by the UCCS Humanities Program, the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, the UCCS Department of Visual and Performing Arts, the UCCS Department of History and the UCCS Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life.

For more information, visit: https://www.uccs.edu/vapa/index/apocalyptic.html