The University is seeking to appoint as a Lecturer a specialist of Sanskrit and Indian civilisation from September 2017. The successful candidate must be able to teach in French and his/her areas of expertise are expected not to overlap with the current teaching staff's in the Département d'Etudes Arabes, Hébraïques, Indiennes et Iraniennes (http://www.univ-paris3.fr/departement-etudes-arabes-hebraiques-indiennes-et-iraniennes-22042.kjsp). The appointee will teach at the following levels within the curriculum of Indian studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle: Indian Civilisation for beginners; Sanskrit Texts Readings, Religion and Iconography at BA and MA levels ("Licence" and "Master 1"). He/she will also contribute to the promotion and dissemination of knowledge on Indian civilisation by teaching courses outside the Indology curriculum (in particular courses pertaining to the program "Connaissance de l'Orient" that introduces students from other disciplines to the Indian culture and religions). As a Lecturer he/she will supervise MA dissertations in the fields covered by the job profile. He/she will be affiliated to the Research Team ("Unité Mixte de Recherche") UMR 7528 "Mondes iranien et indien" (http://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/) and is expected to engage in research on Sanskrit and related areas of his/her expertise at an international level.