Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting.

The ERC PURANA project based at Leiden University has two open calls for postdoctoral positions (3 years each; application deadline 15 april). 

The first one is on the influence of the Purāṇas on literary and material cultures in Southeast Asia:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2023/q1/13516-postdoctoral-researcher-to-focus-on-the-influence-of-the-pura%E1%B9%87as-on-the-literary-and-material-cultur

The second one is on the translation of Purāṇas into Persian:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2023/q1/13515-postdoctoral-researcher-in-translations-of-sanskrit-pura%E1%B9%87as-into-persian

Please forward to anybody whom you think may be interested.

Peter Bisschop

Leiden University