Hannah M Strømmen
@hannahmstrommen.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Bible, Politics, and Culture, Lund University. Biblical reception obsessive.
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Honored to be speaking in this series tomorrow night. Not to give too much away, but I will make the case that borders aren’t biblical (even if I don’t want to save the Bible for justice either)
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Honored to be speaking in this series tomorrow night. Not to give too much away, but I will make the case that borders aren’t biblical (even if I don’t want to save the Bible for justice either)
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Hi, friends. An FYI for those interested: I've published an article in JSP about Esther as "American scripture." Includes analysis of the Heritage Foundation's "Project Esther" (2024) and its strategies for regulating free speech, higher education, immigration, and foreign policy.
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Hi, friends. An FYI for those interested: I've published an article in JSP about Esther as "American scripture." Includes analysis of the Heritage Foundation's "Project Esther" (2024) and its strategies for regulating free speech, higher education, immigration, and foreign policy.
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There's an opening for a postdoctoral researcher focussed on Haredi communities in the ERC-funded project ‘Governing Health, Family and Religion: The Biopolitics of Genetic Counselling and Religious Family Formations (RELI-GENE). Two year contract.
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/830121
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/830121
Postdoctoral Researcher at SOAS
Apply now for Postdoctoral Researcher, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, United Kingdom at SOAS
vacancies.soas.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There's an opening for a postdoctoral researcher focussed on Haredi communities in the ERC-funded project ‘Governing Health, Family and Religion: The Biopolitics of Genetic Counselling and Religious Family Formations (RELI-GENE). Two year contract.
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/830121
vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/830121
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If you didn't know already, pre-orders for my second book, Esther Keeps the Score, are live! @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
If you didn't know already, pre-orders for my second book, Esther Keeps the Score, are live! @scmpress.bsky.social
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
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Over the next year, I’ll be transitioning into the role of editor-in-chief for the journal Biblical Interpretation. So a reminder to all you who work on biblical and adjacent materials to consider submitting. brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Over the next year, I’ll be transitioning into the role of editor-in-chief for the journal Biblical Interpretation. So a reminder to all you who work on biblical and adjacent materials to consider submitting. brill.com/view/journal...
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📣 New Book Day! 📣
Delighted to share a sneak peek at Saints, my new picture book for grown ups. She’s a beauty, written with everyone who‘s ever wandered round the NG with me in mind
Coming this June to the NG shop and online, but available for preorder now:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781857...
Delighted to share a sneak peek at Saints, my new picture book for grown ups. She’s a beauty, written with everyone who‘s ever wandered round the NG with me in mind
Coming this June to the NG shop and online, but available for preorder now:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781857...
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
📣 New Book Day! 📣
Delighted to share a sneak peek at Saints, my new picture book for grown ups. She’s a beauty, written with everyone who‘s ever wandered round the NG with me in mind
Coming this June to the NG shop and online, but available for preorder now:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781857...
Delighted to share a sneak peek at Saints, my new picture book for grown ups. She’s a beauty, written with everyone who‘s ever wandered round the NG with me in mind
Coming this June to the NG shop and online, but available for preorder now:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9781857...
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The new STK is out! And it's a special issue on "Global Public Theology" with fascinating articles by Jakob Wirén, @digitaldion.bsky.social, Annette Langner-Pitschmann, @vincent.northsky.social, and Fatima Tofighi (plus my inaugural lecture on "Public Theology for the Postmigrant Society").
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift
tidskrift för akademisk teologi
journals.lub.lu.se
February 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The new STK is out! And it's a special issue on "Global Public Theology" with fascinating articles by Jakob Wirén, @digitaldion.bsky.social, Annette Langner-Pitschmann, @vincent.northsky.social, and Fatima Tofighi (plus my inaugural lecture on "Public Theology for the Postmigrant Society").
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Lecturers in Biblical Studies have been awarded a Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies Grant for the project "Encountering Biblical Bodies". Holly Morse & @siobhanjolley.bsky.social are working with colleagues across @uomsalc.bsky.social to host an exhibition & and symposium. Watch this space!
January 29, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Lecturers in Biblical Studies have been awarded a Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies Grant for the project "Encountering Biblical Bodies". Holly Morse & @siobhanjolley.bsky.social are working with colleagues across @uomsalc.bsky.social to host an exhibition & and symposium. Watch this space!
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Important book by @hannahmstrommen.bsky.social and @ulrichschmiedel.bsky.social a must read for Christians of all denominations recommended to me by my old friend and teacher Rev Prof Will Storrar.
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Important book by @hannahmstrommen.bsky.social and @ulrichschmiedel.bsky.social a must read for Christians of all denominations recommended to me by my old friend and teacher Rev Prof Will Storrar.
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Just published my first piece for the Conversation! It’s on Thecla and her reception within Christianity.
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Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Just published my first piece for the Conversation! It’s on Thecla and her reception within Christianity.
theconversation.com/thecla-the-b...
theconversation.com/thecla-the-b...
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Delighted to report that my book, The Specter of the Archive, was awarded the Bainton Prize in History from
@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Specter of the Archive
An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more informat...
press.uchicago.edu
December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Delighted to report that my book, The Specter of the Archive, was awarded the Bainton Prize in History from
@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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New issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament - Vol. 48, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jnta/48/2 @sagepub.com @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @ntright.bsky.social @clarissabreu.bsky.social @lhuber.bsky.social The Future of Revelation and Gender Studies
Journal for the Study of the New Testament - Volume 48, Number 2
Table of contents for Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 48, 2
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December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament - Vol. 48, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jnta/48/2 @sagepub.com @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @ntright.bsky.social @clarissabreu.bsky.social @lhuber.bsky.social The Future of Revelation and Gender Studies
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The deadline is coming up…
Open postdoc position (2 years) in religion and migration in my ERC project ”Faith-Based Refugee Relief in Europe: Connecting the Empirical and the Ethical”. Deadline 15 Jan 2026 - come work in a fabulous team!
Postdoc in Migration Studies (2 years)
We are looking for a candidate who, during two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, wishes to develop their independence as a researcher and contribute
lu.varbi.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The deadline is coming up…
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… and another response and another response to a response are out. This time in conversation with Fatima Tofighi.
Happy that the Syndicate Symposium on my "Terror and Theology" (@mohrsiebeck.bsky.social 2021) is out! Given how many talk about the return of "Großraum" à la Schmitt again, it's weirdly timely. Unfortunately! Thanks so much to Ryszard Bobrowicz (@bobry.bsky.social) for putting it all together!
Terror und Theologie | Syndicate
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January 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
… and another response and another response to a response are out. This time in conversation with Fatima Tofighi.
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Happy that the Syndicate Symposium on my "Terror and Theology" (@mohrsiebeck.bsky.social 2021) is out! Given how many talk about the return of "Großraum" à la Schmitt again, it's weirdly timely. Unfortunately! Thanks so much to Ryszard Bobrowicz (@bobry.bsky.social) for putting it all together!
Terror und Theologie | Syndicate
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January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Happy that the Syndicate Symposium on my "Terror and Theology" (@mohrsiebeck.bsky.social 2021) is out! Given how many talk about the return of "Großraum" à la Schmitt again, it's weirdly timely. Unfortunately! Thanks so much to Ryszard Bobrowicz (@bobry.bsky.social) for putting it all together!
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The fitted sheet: specifically designed to very nearly fit, but not quite. From the book Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. Which is [capitalisation] AVAILABLE NOW - amzn.to/4pSA2ym and the other Amazons.
January 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The fitted sheet: specifically designed to very nearly fit, but not quite. From the book Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. Which is [capitalisation] AVAILABLE NOW - amzn.to/4pSA2ym and the other Amazons.
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Here it is, the last article to come into print this year: remarks from the roundtable at @ulrich-schmiedel.bsky.social’s professorial inauguration.
journals.lub.lu.se/STK/article/...
journals.lub.lu.se/STK/article/...
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Here it is, the last article to come into print this year: remarks from the roundtable at @ulrich-schmiedel.bsky.social’s professorial inauguration.
journals.lub.lu.se/STK/article/...
journals.lub.lu.se/STK/article/...
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In case you need inspiration for a Sunday walk by the Water of Leith. The walkway made the list
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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11 of the UK’s best winter walks – all ending at a cosy pub
Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dog
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In case you need inspiration for a Sunday walk by the Water of Leith. The walkway made the list
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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A little reminder that my pamphlet First, I Turn Off the Light is currently out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 💡
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Katy Mack - First, I Turn Off the Light | Broken Sleep Books
Katy Mack's First, I Turn Off the Light is as unsettling and disarming as it is compassionate and brave. Mack's poems are an exploration of illness and mental health, and in doing so are lyrical, imag...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A little reminder that my pamphlet First, I Turn Off the Light is currently out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 💡
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Volume 5 of Global Secularity is out!
Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, 58 chapters explore how contemporary secularities emerged from local histories, political struggles, and colonial encounters.
🔗 Read it #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.c...
#ReligiousStudies #AARSBL
Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, 58 chapters explore how contemporary secularities emerged from local histories, political struggles, and colonial encounters.
🔗 Read it #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.c...
#ReligiousStudies #AARSBL
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Volume 5 of Global Secularity is out!
Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, 58 chapters explore how contemporary secularities emerged from local histories, political struggles, and colonial encounters.
🔗 Read it #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.c...
#ReligiousStudies #AARSBL
Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, 58 chapters explore how contemporary secularities emerged from local histories, political struggles, and colonial encounters.
🔗 Read it #openaccess here: www.degruyterbrill.c...
#ReligiousStudies #AARSBL
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‘As for the “open” bit, forget it – that aspect of Open AI’s mission was quietly forgotten. Any discoveries the company might make were now proprietary.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
‘As for the “open” bit, forget it – that aspect of Open AI’s mission was quietly forgotten. Any discoveries the company might make were now proprietary.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The Fall 2025 season of #ScripturesEverywhere has come to a close. Thank you to all who joined us. We'll be back in February with a special session from Alabama; or, join me in person at the annual meeting. Visit signifyingscriptures.org for more information.
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Fall 2025 season of #ScripturesEverywhere has come to a close. Thank you to all who joined us. We'll be back in February with a special session from Alabama; or, join me in person at the annual meeting. Visit signifyingscriptures.org for more information.
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Proud to have published this increasingly topical book:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Proud to have published this increasingly topical book:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...