Rate My Professor Nina Mirnig

Mirnig's research centers on the religious, cultural, and intellectual history of premodern South Asia (500–1200 CE), particularly the literature, rituals, history, and dissemination of early Śaivism and tantric traditions; the religious and cultural history of early Nepal and the Himalayan region; South Asian epigraphic and manuscript cultures at the intersection of philology, archaeology, and art history; cultural contact and knowledge transfer in the Indosphere; and cultural heritage preservation in Nepal. Her major publications include the monograph Liberating the Liberated: Early Śaiva Tantric Death Rites (2019), co-edited volumes Tantric Communities in Context (Mirnig, Rastelli, Eltschinger 2019) and Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Śaivism (Bosma & Mirnig 2013), contributions to the Tāntrikābhidhānakośa, and numerous articles on Śaiva traditions, Nepalese cultural history, and Sanskrit inscriptions. Awards include the FWF Elise Richter Prize (2019) for Mapping Piety, Politics, and Power in Early Medieval Nepal, election to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2020), and corresponding membership in the Austrian Academy of Sciences (2026). She co-edits Medieval Worlds (since 2025), serves on editorial boards including Harrassowitz's Afro-Eurasian Transformations series and Puṣpikā, and has organized numerous international conferences and workshops on South Asian religions and Nepalese heritage.