
Anthony Cerulli
Expert on the history and anthropology of medicines and religions in India.
Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures College of Letters and Science Work: 608-262-3915 acerulli@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- My research and teaching explore the interface of medicine, religion, and the body in South Asia.
- I do ethnographic, historical, and philological research to explain how and why people do things with texts to heal and promote wellbeing.
- My research also contributes to the medical humanities and examines links between art-making and ethnography.
Achievements
- For the 2025-26 academic year, I have been named Artist-in-Residence at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
- In 2022, my second book, THE PRACTICE OF TEXTS, came out with the University of California Press, supported by a grant from the NEH.
- In 2022, 23 images from "Manuscriptistan" were featured in two French publications: L’ARTHAŚĀSTRA and LE BULLETIN DES BELLES LETTRES.
- In the 2021-22 academic year, I was the Larson Fellow in Health and Spirituality at the Kluge Center (Library of Congress).
- In 2015, I was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in South Asian Studies.