Andrea Acri (PhD Leiden University, 2011; Habil. Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2024) is an Associate Professor of Tantric Studies in the Religious Studies section of the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), PSL University, Paris. Prior to joining the EPHE in 2016, he held research and teaching positions in India (Nalanda University), Singapore (Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre/ISEAS and Asia Research Institute/NUS), Australia (ANU), and the Netherlands (IIAS). He specializes in the history of tantric traditions in South and Southeast Asia in the light of Sanskrit and Old Javanese sources, as well as their circulation along the maritime routes. Besides being the Principal Investigator of ERC MANTRATANTRAM (Monsoon Asia as the Nexus for the TRAnsfer of TANTRA along the Maritime routes, https://tantra.hypotheses.org), he is the Lead Researcher of the ERC Synergy MANTRAMS (Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia) hosted at the universities of Vienna, Tübingen, Oxford, and the EPHE from 2024 to 2030.
