A public lecture at the University of San Diego Humanities Center
Monday, 13 February 2023
5:00-6:30pm
Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, 200, Humanities Center

Ranging from Homer’s Odyssey to the enigmatic poetry of holocaust survivor Paul Celan in a presentation that combines historical essay and elegy, Professor McAllister reviews his recent experiences as a scholar of apocalyptic thought living through what felt like an apocalyptic moment, in the process drawing into discussion Gog and Magog, two demons of the eschatological imagination, and their presence in Revelation commentaries of the medieval period. At the end of a journey of terror, trauma, isolation, and loss, McAllister finds space for hope and redemption —perhaps the best of what apocalyptic writing can do.

Free of charge. For more information: https://www.sandiego.edu/events/cas/detail.php?_focus=87266