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Call for Applications Type: Ph.D. Position in Indology or Buddhist Studies Institution: Institute for Indology and Tibetology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Location: Munich (Germany) Date: from 19.8.2013 or later Deadline: 31.7.2013 __________________________________________________ Start date: 19 August 2013 or later Deadline: 31 July 2013 Salary: TV-L 13 / 75% Term of employment: Two years. TASKS The discovery of the oldest Buddhist manuscripts written between the second century BCE and the fourth century CE in the northwest Indian region of Gandhara has provided an entirely new basis for our understanding of this formative phase of Buddhism. On the way from India through Gandhara to Central Asia and China, Buddhism developed into a world religion, and Gandhara played a central role in the development of Buddhist scholasticism, the Mahayana movement and Buddhist art. The project Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhara prepares editions of newly discovered textual witnesses and investigates the linguistic, literary and cultural history of Buddhism in Gandhara. It is supported by the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities and is based at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. You will carry out a research project and write a Ph.D. dissertation that increase our knowledge of Buddhism in Gandhara or an associated area of early Indian Buddhism, but will define the specific content of the project yourself. You will be integrated in the research of the Gandhara project and work together with its researchers. You will be given opportunities for professional development through participation in the LMUs interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Buddhist Studies. REQUIREMENTS A very good first degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Indology, South Asian art history, Buddhist Studies, Sinology) is a prerequisite. We expect the ability to contribute new knowledge on the basis of primary sources and through scholarly argumentation. We offer individual support and an inspiring environment. Equally qualified disabled applicants will be preferred. The LMU wishes to increase the number of women research and teaching and particularly encourages young female scholars to apply. APPLICATION MATERIAL Please send the following application material by email to the adress of Ms Evelyn Kindermann, Institute for Indology and Tibetology, email: [email protected]: (A) as a PDF file (maximum size 5 MB): (1) cover letter (statement of purpose) (2) curriculum vitae (3) copies of degrees (4) research proposal (maximum of 5,000 characters including spaces) and bibliography (5) writing sample (ca. 10-20 pages), e.g. from your M.A. thesis, in the original language (6) if applicable, list of publications (B) names, addresses and email addresses of two referees Contact: Ms Evelyn Kindermann / Prof. Dr. Jens‐Uwe Hartmann Institut fuer Indologie und Tibetologie Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 D-80539 München Germany Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.en.gandhara.indologie.lmu.de __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
