Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Hinduism, the religious and political history of South Asia, Sanskrit literature, Purāṇas, sacred space and landscape, religious conceptions of the body
Education
Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2019
M.A. University of Virginia, 2009
B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006
Honors & Awards
Fulbright—India (2015-2016)
Grants
Fulbright-Nehru Research Grant—India (2015-2016)
University of Virginia Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Summer Research Grant (2015)
American Institute of Indian Studies Language Fellowship—Hindi (2013-2014)
American Institute of Indian Studies Language Fellowship—Hindi (2011)
American Institute of Indian Studies Language Fellowship—Sanskrit (2009)
Teaching
REL104 Asian Mythology
REL 495 Hindu Epics
Office Address
707 S Mathews Ave
2090 FLB
M/C 176
Urbana, IL 61801
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Body, Community, Cosmos: A Śaiva Siddhānta Rite of Initiation
Newman, A., Jan 1 2023, The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body. Kornberg Greenberg, Y. & Pati, G. (eds.). Routledge, p. 291-304 14 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Religion).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Lineage in Its Spatial Context: Epigraphy, Geography, and the Formation of Political Unity in Medieval Mewar
Newman, A., Aug 2022, In: Journal of Hindu Studies. 15, 2, p. 148-167 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rāṣṭrasenā: Hawk Goddess of the Mewar Mountains
Newman, A. L., Dec 2020, A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses: Tales of the Feminine Divine from India and Beyond. Slouber, M. (ed.). University of California Press, p. 193-214 (Philip E. Lilienthal Imprint in Asian Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Dismembering Demons: Spatial and Bodily Representations in the Fifteenth-Century Ekaliṅgamāhātmya
Newman, A., Oct 30 2019, Transformational Embodiment in Asian Religions: Subtle Bodies, Spatial Bodies. Pati, G. & Zubko, K. C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 86-107Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter