HASTAC Commons | Sean Hannan | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/seanhannan/activity/ Activity feed for Sean Hannan. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:12:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 09ef112a96ac6b18f00aa2eafec1e1e1 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Issue of _Religious Studies & Theology_, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=651 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:04:37 +0000 A new issue of Religious Studies & Theology is now available! Vol. 42, no. 2 is a special issue on “War & Peace in the Late Middle Ages,” edited by my friend Chris Bellitto (Kean) & inspired by the 2023 […]

]]> 1156dec5303cea22705e471491be19f9 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Research Trip to Denmark, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=644 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:27:20 +0000 This week I’m in Denmark to assist as an external reviewer in a PhD dissertation defense at Aarhus University. I’m pleased to report that Eva Elisabeth Houth Vrangbaek defended her research with aplomb & will […]

]]> fdb95fc4842eb12a5c487882a09a02b5 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Post on the Augustine Blog, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=639 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:46:54 +0000 The skilful curators over at Villanova’s Augustine Blog have published my reflections on the intersection between pluralism and Augustinian accounts of temporality. These reflections were occasioned by some […]

]]> 5e3ff24920e05dba92d92f74b9cfe336 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Publication Roundup, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=635 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:42:36 +0000 After not being able to access this site for a year or so, I’ve finally become able to get it going again thanks to the fine help-desk folks at Humanities Commons. While I’ll aim to post regular updates from here […]

]]> 988e86669aab48bec43423254edebce8 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Podcast Interview, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=629 Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:25:51 +0000 I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Preston & Katie over at the Holy Watermelon podcast. Our wide-ranging conversation covered everything from the finer points of Augustine on temporality to the […]

]]> 4fcd99735d49f95b9f3e4b5e6b3d5ad3 Sean Hannan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895911/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:44:44 +0000 0 16445e1f5d996436c5bfd17990463c37 Sean Hannan changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1895910/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:40:06 +0000 0 3d447910d9cd914ed90528cb5bf0282e Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Interview: New Books Network Podcast, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=618 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:34:31 +0000 In early 2023, I was interviewed by my old University of Chicago compatriot Adrian Guiu for the New Books Network podcast. The topic of the interview was my book On Time, Change, History, and Conversion […]

]]> ee52f5d12395c141166341cd8126ef45 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, The Unique, The Singular, and The Individual, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=614 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:26:49 +0000 When I returned to campus after a quick Christmas break, I was pleasantly surprised to find waiting for me in my office mailbox a copy of The Unique, The Singular, and The Individual (Mohr Siebeck, 2022). […]

]]> 959f3ac5b24dcd6e3349fb9334583c22 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Fall 2022 Conference Round-Up, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=609 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:16:37 +0000 The Fall semester of 2022 was an incredibly busy one. In addition to teaching three courses (Humanities 101, my Medieval Europe survey, and a senior-levels seminar on ‘Mysticism & Gender’), I presented […]

]]> c8e2e43e223a668590fd4317844deeac Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Interview: MyFavouriteMystic Podcast, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=606 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:41:57 +0000 In August 2022, I was interviewed about Meister Eckhart for AJ Langley’s MyFavouriteMystic podcast. You can give the episode a listen by clicking right here.

The episode touches upon the challenging ideas […]

]]> a17fe8f84a499f67b5db2915053259dd Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Mysticism & Lived Experience, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=604 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:08:56 +0000 Last week, I was very fortunate to get the chance to present at the Mysticism & Lived Experience Network’s annual conference. The theme this year was “Charity and Poverty in the Lives & Works of Medieval […]

]]> 57cc593cefa1fa1f9beca2b8851ed4d3 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Implicit Religion, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=589 Sun, 22 May 2022 01:23:01 +0000 Just this morning, I delivered a talk on “Pilgrimage, Migrancy, & Time According to Augustine of Hippo” at the Implicit Religion UK conference on “Time, Chaos, & Order.” The Implicit Religion project, hosted […]

]]> 7161921a6200baffae7f71edf7197769 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, History Bites Talk (April 6, 2022), on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=576 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:15:07 +0000 This April 6 at 3 p.m. MDT, I’ll be giving another talk rooted in the research Dr. W. Ezekiel Goggin & I conducted for our book Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism (Routledge, 2022). More […]

]]> fa84a2c5660d22067bda5101fc5c61b4 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Now on the _Religious Studies & Theology_ Board of Editors, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=573 Thu, 17 Mar 2022 22:50:10 +0000 I’ve recently taken on the task of creating & overseeing the social media presence of the journal Religious Studies & Theology. This involved crafting a new Religious Studies & Theology Twitter account from […]

]]> c97ccfd7d180eb6c1504be01646c0fd5 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Another New Book Blurb, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=566 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:25:34 +0000 My co-author Dr. Zeke Goggin & I were overjoyed to receive another new blurb for our forthcoming book, Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism (Routledge, 2022).

We’re grateful to Prof. […]

]]> 4618b1229205e7fba6995cebdd6af1ba Sean Hannan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1773060/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:17:21 +0000 0 4013dbb3c94f8f40cb9a63f6f92c0dbb Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Book Blurb, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=563 Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:17:54 +0000 David W. Wood (Leuven) has done my co-author W. Ezekiel Goggin and me a great honour by blurbing our book Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism (Routledge, 2022). When you write an […]

]]> 50ada70c2c4772ab2435fb67f71b46f2 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Presentation at Concordia University of Edmonton, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=558 Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:41:14 +0000 The book publicity tour begins (or continues?) next Tuesday at a talk hosted by Concordia University of Edmonton (@CUEdmonton). I’m looking forward to sharing some of what Dr. W. Ezekiel Goggin (@w_ezekielgoggin) […]

]]> 503ef4c1a0c4ebd2dc5416b82501d77e Sean Hannan wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=542 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:15:48 +0000 My co-author W. Ezekiel Goggin & I are proud to announce that our book is now available for pre-order on the Routledge site, as well as on Amazon.

Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism […]

]]> eb492ef1436d7f497c68b5c2451a62fc Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism: an Update, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=534 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:33:53 +0000 My co-author W. Ezekiel Goggin & I are pleased to report that our book Mysticism & Materialism in the Wake of German Idealism has been given the green light to proceed to the next stage of publication. We’d […]

]]> df57f988dc539dc52beb3ca4de36daad Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Augustine & Time: Hot Off the Presses!, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=513 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:48:38 +0000 Our edited volume
Augustine & Time
is now available!

Order your copy here:

 

 

 

Here’s a brief description of what we get up to in this volume:
This collection examines the topic of time in […]

]]> b4265817766671dcb1c0e2d556c1a7dd Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Time & Eudaimonia: a Presentation "in" Athens, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=509 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:13:39 +0000 Earlier this week, I presented my research on the relationship between eudaimonia & temporality at the Reception of Plato from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages conference, hosted (virtually) in Athens.  My […]

]]> 4814095134c8f2391c5c85fdd369bb8d Sean Hannan wrote a new post, American Cusanus Society - Gettysburg Conference 2021, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=506 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 01:42:09 +0000 The sign-up form for the 2021 Gettysburg Conference of the American Cusanus Society is now available on the ACS website. I’ll be looking forward to participating in my capacity as Secretary, even though I’ll […]

]]> 1a78f3d713a715609a2c959173cdb9cd Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Virtual Kalamazoo 2021, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=502 Tue, 11 May 2021 02:32:07 +0000 This year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies will be held online, rather than in Kalamazoo. While going to Michigan in person is what makes the ICMS the unique event that it is, I’m still looking […]

]]> df5097b447112fe2066a3d10a6ade317 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Augustine & Time: Off to the Presses, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=497 Tue, 11 May 2021 01:57:45 +0000  

Earlier this month, we sent Augustine & Time off to the presses. Co-edited by John Doody, Kim Paffenroth, & myself, Augustine & Time is the latest entry in Rowman & Littlefield’s Augustine in […]

]]> 9bb7a7497522ad516d125e5e8dd4dc5c Sean Hannan wrote a new post, One-Year(-ish) Book-iversary, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=493 Tue, 11 May 2021 01:11:28 +0000 It’s hard to believe it, but this April marked the one-year anniversary of the release of my book On Time, Change, History, & Conversion (Bloomsbury, 2020), released as part of the Reading Augustine […]

]]> de4e4f89e4a3f78252b56dc7cc38c7c7 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, This Weekend: W. E. B. Du Bois & the Ancient Mediterranean, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=491 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 01:12:24 +0000 Today we (virtually) kicked off the “W. E. B. Du Bois & the Ancient Mediterranean” conference, a creation of Mathias Hanses (Penn State) & Jackie Murray (Kentucky). I don’t present my paper on Du Bois, […]

]]> 53884b669cfb4a4a066329c0daaa6c6f Sean Hannan wrote a new post, History Bites Book-Launch Event: an Academic & Culinary Success, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=479 Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:01:06 +0000 I am now in possession of a cake with an edible image of the cover of my own book on it. As part of the launch-event for my recent monograph On Time, Change, History, & Conversion (part of Bloomsbury’s Reading […]

]]> f1b123cb6eb2231227092b3e64a77f1d Sean Hannan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1715106/ Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:33:04 +0000 0 6259df1512c25a9af953d3c287a9c220 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, E-Print of New Article: "The Camp of God", on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=466 Sat, 31 Oct 2020 00:20:01 +0000 My forthcoming article in the journal Political Theology, “The Camp of God: Reimagining Pilgrimage as Migrancy in Augustine’s City of God 1,” can now be viewed as an e-print (or electronic pre-print) on the […]

]]> f96e7d099a44c6da4654a34220f61c1c Sean Hannan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1715094/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:14:08 +0000 0 edb4f4b8358e998ac09b7b98a50654af Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Publication Piece for AJR, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=462 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:16:08 +0000 I’ve written a new “publication piece” for AJR (Ancient Jew Review), a wonderful website & forward-thinking academic project run by a consortium of scholars & students of religion from around the globe. AJR is […]

]]> 8b48e79a4980271b82ed23c7f7b09d1a Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Article Published by Religion News Service, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=455 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 04:32:33 +0000  

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that RNS (Religion News Service) has just picked up the article I’d originally written for the University of Chicago’s Sightings nearer to the beginning of this […]

]]> 1334c14dbd2a6e18443cc8c565345028 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Twitter Account for the American Cusanus Society, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=450 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:31:45 +0000 The American Cusanus Society now has a Twitter account! Check it out by clicking here. 

As Secretary, I’ll do my best to oversee the Twitter account in a way that does justice to the talents & achievements […]

]]> b1240807cbef589f91dd15dd311fa6bc Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Upcoming Book on Mysticism, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=445 Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:55:54 +0000 I’m happy to report that W. Ezekiel Goggin & I have signed a contract to co-write a book on the modern reception of medieval mysticism for Routledge’s Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism […]

]]> 3e470a6dbd96e16058a584611000b17b Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Article on Time & COVID Published in Sightings, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=438 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:59:24 +0000 Recently, I wrote an article for Sightings, a publication of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. The piece, entitled “Time in Coronatide: Why We’re Not Actually Living in Groundhog Day,” takes […]

]]> d37050608330aa482b2d77e8a8a50c80 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Newly Named Secretary of the American Cusanus Society, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=435 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:43:31 +0000 I feel fortunate to be able to announce that for the next couple of years I’ll be serving as Interim Secretary for the American Cusanus Society. The Society is  devoted to the study of Nicholas of Cusa, his […]

]]> 68880530608512966498d99430b20d09 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, The Hard Copies Have Arrived!, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=431 Mon, 11 May 2020 21:05:13 +0000 I’m happy to report that the hard copies of my book Reading Augustine: On Time, Change, History, & Conversion have arrived up here in Edmonton. The book was already released (in paperback, hardcover, & e-book […]

]]> e4488450268973131f47d0f76941c06c Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Today is Book Release Day!, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=413 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:50:35 +0000 My book for Bloomsbury’s Reading Augustine series has officially been released as of today, April 16, 2020! Entitled On Time, Change, History, & Conversion, it can now be ordered in hardcover, paperback, or […]

]]> 8a654229130a98a0e19d119e7c518fa2 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Digital Humanities & MacEwan Libraries: an Update, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=411 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:49:12 +0000 Some time ago, Valla McLean at MacEwan Libraries posted a new & updated page devoted to the work being done in the Digital Humanities here at MacEwan. If you click on the link, you’ll find a list of ongoing […]

]]> f90fcbb45e40805bfa239fd2184dde38 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, One More Madrid Conference Photo, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=406 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:31:30 +0000 This is just a quick update to post a photo I received recently from Valentino Gasparini, one of the organizers of last week’s successful conference on Lived Ancient Religion in North Africa, held at Madrid’s […]

]]> 65620e5fb43a22782ec2124f550b4173 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, A Successful Conference in Madrid, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=400 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:36:12 +0000 I’m happy to report that last week’s Lived Ancient Religion in North Africa conference went off without a hitch. Hosted by the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and organized by Valentino Gasparini & Maria […]

]]> 00682372436867b74b0651165e16de4b Sean Hannan wrote a new post, New Article on the 'Specious Present' in William James & Augustine, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=393 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 22:21:38 +0000 To my pleasant surprise, I was just informed that my piece on the ‘specious present’ in William James & Augustine has already been published in the journal Consensus (40.2). Check it out here! (But beware B […]

]]> 264a986369af2202d41615096186dec8 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, What Do Students Actually Think About Digital Pedagogy? (Pt. 3), on the site Dr. Sean Hannan http://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=330 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 21:09:54 +0000 {This post continues my series of reflections on quantified student feedback regarding the use of digital pedagogy in the classroom. Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2, as well.}

My previous posts on d […]

]]> d23feaa090318abb094133c5a13a68d4 Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Looking Ahead to #SBLAAR 17: the Augustinian Refugee, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan http://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=325 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 01:35:34 +0000 It looks as though finally registering for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion paid off: my name is now included as part of our panel! No longer shall I be known as “Unregistered […]

]]> 87ba31124f8e32777e5c8ecf0ded32fd Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Digital Pedagogy Post #1 Featured by Humanities Commons, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan http://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=317 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:53:53 +0000 In a rather pleasant turn of events, the powers that be at Humanities Commons have seen fit to feature my post on quantified student feedback to digital pedagogy!

You can find it on the Humanities Commons […]

]]> f9edc1639768e13a22c243b745b12c9b Sean Hannan commented on the post, What Do Students Actually Think About Digital Pedagogy? (Pt. 1), on the site Dr. Sean Hannan https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/2017/06/13/what-do-students-actually-think-about-digital-pedagogy-pt-1/#comment-9 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:49:52 +0000 Thanks for the advice! I’ll admit, I still have much to learn in this particular subfield. I’ll aim to reflect more on Cordell’s piece in the future.

Also: I should clarify that I by no means meant to slight […]

]]> 54cd1ddaaf1a3b3060e02381f0e3cb4e Sean Hannan wrote a new post, What Do Students Actually Think About Digital Pedagogy? (Pt. 2), on the site Dr. Sean Hannan http://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=308 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:24:34 +0000 Following up on my earlier post on quantifying student feedback in the digital humanities, here are some rough-and-ready charts that aim to visualize some of the feedback data I’ve collected regarding the ef […]

]]> a9ff480dd978e3ef4568e5cb4cc9790d Sean Hannan wrote a new post, Notes on Macroanalysis, on the site Dr. Sean Hannan http://seanhannan.hcommons.org/?p=293 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:59:46 +0000 Strictly speaking, macroanalysis has to do with the analysis of textual data on the, well, macroscopic level. Turning to large-scale computing can allow us to make sense of datasets that would be beyond the k […]

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