Associate Professor
Internship Coordinator
Director of Digital Humanities Minor
Contact Information
24A Lanigan Hall
315-312-3443
[email protected]
Prof. Haak Website
Office hours
Fall 2026
Tue/Thu 2:30 - 3:30
and by appointment
Research
- Early Medieval to Early Modern South Asia
- South Asian Sacred Spaces
- Hindu empires and religious institutions
- Religious Materiality in South Asia
- Digital Humanities
- Deathways and landscapes of the dead
Publications
"A Digital Analysis of an Early Medieval Cultic and Ritual Change in Hampi: The Mula Virupaksha Temple in the Hemakuta Hill Sacred Space." Histories 2022, 2, 315-333.
https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9252/2/3/23/htm"An Early Medieval Śaiva Pilgrimage Landscape: The Persistence of Pampa and Bhairava in the Hemakuta Hill Sacred Space, 800-1325 CE." Religions 2022, 13, 569.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/6/569/htm“Landscapes of Movement and Historical Spatial Literacy.” In L. Bourdeau, P. Marcotte & M.H. Saidi (eds) Tourism, Roads & Cultural Identities: Meaning, Memory & Development / Routes touristiques et itinéraires culturels, entre mémoire et développement. Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2013. [with Heather M.-L. Miller]
“Time, Place, and Experience: Spatial Literacy Tools in the Undergraduate Class.” Esri’s GIS in Education. Toronto: ESRI, 2013.
Awards and honors
- Fellowship of the Mellon / John E. Sawyer Seminar on “Religious Materiality in the Indian Ocean World, 1300-1800” (Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, 2014-20-16)
- India-Canada Association Scholarship, Center for South Asian Studies (University of Toronto, 2012)
- General Motors Women in Science Award (2012)
Education
- Ph.D. University of Toronto
- M.A. University College Dublin
- B.A. University of Toronto
Classes taught
- History and Civilization in South Asia
- South Asian Sacred Spaces
- World History in the 20th Century