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Two fully-funded ERC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (4 years each)  at Ghent University (Belgium)The Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University (Belgium) is  seeking well-qualified applicants for two fully-funded Postdoctoral  Research Fellowships attached to the European Research Council project  Novel Saints. Ancient novelistic heroism in the hagiography of Late  Antiquity and the early Middle  Ages(http://erc.europa.eu/cordis_search/project_details/109905). The  Principal Investigator of this project is Prof Dr Koen De Temmerman,  who, as a classicist, specializes in ancient fiction and its  persistence in later periods.There is one position available in the field of Syriac hagiography and  another in that of Persian medieval narrative literature.The two successful applicants will start employment on 1 June 2014 or  as soon as possible thereafter.Deadline: applications should arrive no later than 21 March 2014.For detailed information and for guidelines on how to apply, please  see http://users.ugent.be/~kdtemmer/vacancies.pdf.--Prof Dr Koen De TemmermanGhent University | Dept. of Literary Studies - Latin &#38; Greek | Blandihttp://users.ugent.be/~kdtemmer/*********************************************************Dr Andrew J NewmanReader in Islamic Studies and PersianDepartment of Islamic and Middle Eastern StudiesThe University of Edinburgh19 George SquareEdinburgh   EH8 9LD     UKTel: + 44 (0)131 650 4182/4178Fax: + 44 (0)131 650 6804http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/islamic-middle-eastern/people/newman'Chercheur Associé' (Associate Scholar)CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes Iranien et Indien) (Paris)http://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/Regional Team Leader,Middle East and North AfricaCMR1900http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/departments/theologyandreligion/research/projects/CMR1900/index.aspx