The academy project “Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra”, hosted by the Institute for Indology and Tibetology at LMU Munich, is inviting applications for a 3-year Ph.D. scholarship (with the possibility of extending it for a fourth year). The Gandhāra project team would be grateful if you could attract the attention of this call to suitable candidates. The Ph.D. student will be required to take an active role in the project’s next phase (running from 2026 to 2032): during that phase, work will not primarily be focused on the edition of Gāndhārī manuscripts, but the project team will investigate more broadly the religious and literary history of Gandhāran Buddhism. As a result, applicants from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and linguistic skills may be considered.
The scholarship, set at 75% of an E13 position, is quite generous for a doctoral position in the German landscape. The deadline for application is 20 June, and the contract will start on 1 October, with some flexibility on the latter date.
For further details, please see the attachments or refer to the LMU job-portal links, in either English or German.
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