Elizabeth A. Cecil

Elizabeth A. Cecil (PhD, Brown University) investigates the history of Hindu religions across South and Southeast Asia, examining intersections of text, image, monument, and landscape. She is the primary Research Collaborator in the European Research Council PURANA project and co-editor-in-chief of the open access journal PURANA Media. At FSU, she contributes to the Native American and Indigenous Studies Center and is co-director of the More-than-human Religion project, which explores the agency of nonhuman forces, entities, and ecologies.   

Elizabeth’s articles have appeared in History of Religions, The Journal of Hindu Studies, Archives of Asian Art, and the Indian Economic and Social History Review, among others. Her books include Mapping the Pāśupata Landscape: Narrative, Place, and the Śaiva Imaginary in Early Medieval North India (2020) and Primary Sources and Asian Pasts (2021). Elizabeth’s research has been supported by the Getty Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).