John Weaver

John Weaver studies the visual culture of early medieval South and Southeast Asia. His work focuses on the spread and development of Śaivism across the Deccan plateau and Indian Ocean, adopting an ecocritical approach to understand the relationship between sacred space and landscape. He also researches Hindu and Buddhist tantra as well as their artistic exchange and negotiation. His interests span the relationship between text and image, religious philosophy, Sanskrit literature and aesthetics, and the construction of sacred geography.

John holds a BA in History of Art and Architecture and South Asian Studies from Harvard University (2026).