Celebrating Four Years of Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge By Whitney A. Bauman and Kocku von Stuckrad If we want to address the major challenges of the 21st century—first and foremost climate disasters, human and other-than-human interdependencies on a global scale, as well as issues of social justice—concerted action is needed to Read more
The Iris Book Award: Prize Ceremony, Reading, and Discussion On 26 September 2020, The Center for Religion & the Human at Indiana University Bloomington presented the Iris Book Award to The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature’s Great Connectors (Viking, 2017) by David George Haskell. Books considered for the award are Read more
A day of encounters, co-organized by the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture and Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge On 4 June 2019, Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge and the Groningen Research Institute for the Study of Culture (ICOG) co-organized a forum in which artists, scholars, and activists discussed and exchanged new Read more
Looking Back: A Report on the Paradoxical Plausibilities Symposium – Astrological Interpretation from Different Perspectives (13–14 April, Berlin) By Sophia Löwe The question of astrological plausibility seems to spur endless discussions. Most professional astrologers and their clients grant astrology a high level of plausibility, while public opinion paradoxically deems astrological Read more
Major Themes and Insights for the Work of the New Center On 25 August 2018, Counterpoint: Navigating Knowledge was officially launched with a stimulating program of speakers and discussions in Berlin. The general theme being “Beyond Pluralism: Contrapuntal Responses to Culture Wars, New Nationalisms, and the Challenges of the Anthropocene” Read more
We are excited to announce that Professor Marcia Pally joins the Counterpoint Team as our new Blog Editor. As we are building up a wider community and preparing weekly posts for our Navigating Knowledge Blog, her professional experience will be of vital importance for the success of the blog. Prof. Read more
Following Whitney A. Bauman’s Meaningful Flesh, we are happy to announce another contribution for the Counterpoint community, also published with Punctum Books. Queer Ancient Ways by Zairong Xiang, member of our Advisory Board, will be out in fall. Congratulations! Queer Ancient Ways advocates a profound unlearning of colonial/modern categories as Read more
Punctum Books (2018) This volume, edited by Whitney A. Bauman, has just been published by Punctum Books. Please check out the description below and share with those in your networks who might be interested. Religion is much queerer than we ever imagined. Nature is as well. These are the two Read more
The COUNTERPOINT website is ready to go online! We’ll work continuously on adding content and features in preparation of the launch of the center in August 2018, with a full website operative by the summer. We’ll be happy to keep you in the loop. Just subscribe to our Newsletter, follow Read more