{"id":15823,"date":"2021-11-17T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/?page_id=15823"},"modified":"2025-08-06T21:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:39:27","slug":"kay-boers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/teilnehmer\/kay-boers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay Boers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/kay-boers-uu-profile.jpg\" alt=\"Kay Boers\" width=\"159\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Kay Boers<\/h3>\n<p>University of Amsterdam<br \/>\nAmsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology (ACASA)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48 \/ R. D0.09<br \/>\n1012 CX Amsterdam<br \/>\nThe Netherlands<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:k.boers@uva.nl\">k.boers@uva.nl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<br \/>\n<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/staff\/KBoers\/Profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universiteit Utrecht<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resumen de la tesis: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CIVIS.-Citizens-Authority-and-the-Rhetoric-of-Wellbeing-in-7th-c.-Hispania.pdf\">CIVIS. Citizens, Authority and the Rhetoric of Wellbeing in 7th c. Hispania<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Current Position (Utrecht University)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AIO Promovendus (Doctoral Researcher, 1 March 2018 &#8211; now) and staff member, Department of Ancient History and Classical Civilization (Department of History and Art History, Humanities Faculty), project funding: fully funded by the Humanities Faculty, Utrecht University, and indirectly via: NWO VICI project: Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages (Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Utrecht University)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Project:<\/strong> CIVIS. Citizens, Authority and the Rhetoric of Wellbeing in 7th Century Hispania<br \/>\nSupervisors: Prof. dr. Peter Schrijver (1st promotor), Prof. dr. Leonard Rutgers (2nd promotor) &amp; Dr. Janneke Raaijmakers (co-promotor, \u2020 2 May 2021).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Previous Positions (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2017<\/span><br \/>\nResearch Assistant, Prof. Leonard Rutgers, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2015-2017<\/span><br \/>\nLecturer, History Department: Ancient Studies (Utrecht University)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2012-2013<\/span><br \/>\nTeaching Assistant, History Department: Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies (Utrecht University)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Education (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2016<\/span><br \/>\nResearch Master Ancient Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Utrecht University, tracks Medieval Studies &amp; Ancient Studies (2016), Judicium: Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p>RMA Thesis: Between a House of Prayer and a Den of Robbers: Violence in Church Space and the Politics of Christian Victimhood in the Fourth Century CE Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Leonard Rutgers (Utrecht University) &amp; Prof. Dr. Marco Mostert.<br \/>\nGrade: 9.5<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.library.uu.nl\/handle\/1874\/338075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2012<\/span><br \/>\nBA History at Utrecht University (2012), Judicium: Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p>BA Thesis: Soldiers and Sacred Space: Letter Writing and Atrocity in the Later Roman Empire 300-420 AD.<br \/>\nSupervisor: Dr. Rob Meens (Utrecht University)<br \/>\nGrade: 9.5<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dspace.library.uu.nl\/handle\/1874\/253261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Honours and Prizes (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2017<\/span><br \/>\nInternational Institute for Social History in cooperation with De Volkskrant, Thesis Award for best thesis in Social History (shortlisted) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historici.nl\/event\/uitreiking-volkskrant-iisg-scriptieprijs-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2016<\/span><br \/>\nNational Research School in Classical Studies (OIKOS) Thesis Award 2016, category: Ancient History and Archaeology (win) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ru.nl\/oikos\/awards-honours\/oikos-thesis-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thesis Awards Humanities Utrecht University, category: Best Thesis in Research Master\u2019s Programmes (win)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/nieuws\/kay-boers-en-maud-groenendijk-winnen-facultaire-scriptieprijzen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2016<\/span><br \/>\nResearch Master Ancient Medieval and Renaissance Studies, tracks: Medieval Studies, and Ancient Studies, Judicium: Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2012<\/span><br \/>\nBA History at Utrecht University, Fulltime, Judicium: Cum Laude<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Teaching Experience (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2019<\/span><br \/>\nLecturer (teaching obligation: AIO promovendus), Utrecht University, Ancient History<br \/>\n(GE1V14004, BA, level 1, two groups)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2016-2017<\/span><br \/>\nLecturer, Utrecht University, Ancient History (GE1V14004, BA, level 1, three groups) &amp; Classical Mythology (GE2V14012, BA, level 2, two groups)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2015-2016<\/span><br \/>\nLecturer, Utrecht University, Ancient History (GE1V14004, BA, level 1, two groups) &amp; Medieval History (GE1V14002, BA, level 1, one group)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2012-2013<\/span><br \/>\nTeaching Assistant, Utrecht University, Medieval History (BA, level 1, one group)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other Positions and Activities (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2019-2020<\/span><br \/>\nSteering Committee: The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2018-2019<\/span><br \/>\nSteering Committee, TASK: Team Academic Skills (PhD curriculum), Humanities Faculty, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2018-2019<\/span><br \/>\nHumanities PhD Council, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2018<\/span><br \/>\nSpeaker at Humanities PhD Introduction, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2018<\/span><br \/>\nSpeaker at RMA course Research Design \u201cPhD and All That\u201d, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2017<\/span><br \/>\nResearch Assistant, 17th International Congress of Christian Archaeology, organized by Prof. Dr. Leonard Rutgers, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2016,2017<\/span><br \/>\nTrainer for the UHSK Exam training: BA Ancient History, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 2015,2016<\/span><br \/>\nParticipating as speaker at Introduction RMA Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Utrecht University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Academic Output<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Papers and Presentations (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 4-6 November 2021<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cCIVIS: B\u00fcrger, Macht und die Rhetorik des Wohlbefindens im Hispanien des 7. Jahrhunderts\u201d, at Toletum XII (RomanIslam Centre, Warburg House, Universit\u00e4t Hamburg)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 8 July 2021<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cErasing Violence: Controlling Memory and Removing Bodies in Fourth Century Church Controversy\u201d, at IMC Leeds 2021, session: Erasure in Late Antiquity, III: Erasing the dead (University of Leeds)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 1 July 2021<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cCivitas, Citizen Well-Being and the Articulation of Legitimate Authority in Seventh Century Spain\u201d, at IMC Leeds 2019, session: Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages\u201d II. Real-and-Imaginary Spaces (University of Leeds), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 26 June 2019<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cPeregrinus: Strangers and Religious Displacement in the Postclassical and Early Medieval West 400-800 CE\u201d, respondent: Prof. dr. Irene van Renswoude (UVA, KNAW), at PhD Colloquium Onderzoekschool Medi\u00ebvistiek course: Foundations of own Research (Leiden University)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 13 June 2019<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cDisplaced from the Patria: Christian Alterity and the Landscapes of Late Antiquity\u201d, UCMS Colloquium (Utrecht University), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 21 January 2019<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe Transformation of City and Church in the Epistola Encyclica of Athanasius\u201d, UCMS &amp; University of T\u00fcbingen Graduate Conference: Better together? Images and realities of community in the Middle Ages (Utrecht University \/ University of T\u00fcbingen), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 14 January 2019<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cViolence in Church Space and the Politics of Victimhood in the Fourth Century CE\u201d, The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network: \u2018Ideal spaces\u2019 workshop, (Kings College, London), (open CfP)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 25 October 2018<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cStranger Things\u201d Re-Mapping Displacement in De Civitate Dei, Masterclass Citizenship Discourses an interdisciplinary and diachronic perspective, (Utrecht University), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 6 December 2017<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cViolence in-and-against Church Space: A Historical Comparison\u201d, Uitreiking Volkskrant IISG Scriptieprijs 2017 (SPUI 25, Amsterdam), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 19 May 2017<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cBetween a House of Prayer and a Den of Robbers\u201d, OIKOS Day (Utrecht University), (invited speaker)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organized Conferences, Workshops &amp; Lecture Series (Academic)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 6 April 2021-present<\/span><br \/>\n\u2018New Discoveries Seminar\u2019, Organized by the Ancient History and Classical Civilization Group at Utrecht University (digital: Microsoft Teams), Lecture Series<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 12-13 November 2020<\/span><br \/>\n\u2018Erasure in Late Antiquity\u2019, The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network &amp; TCD Classics, Trinity College Dublin (digital: Zoom), International Workshop (pre-circulated papers), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University), Becca Grose (University of Reading), Dr. Rebecca Usherwood (TCD), Guy Walker (TCD)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 6 July 2020<\/span><br \/>\n\u2018Violating Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages\u2019, Conference Strand (3 sessions) at IMC Leeds 2020 (University of Leeds), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University) &amp; Dr. Rob Meens (Utrecht University). Cancelled due to COVID-19, rescheduled to IMC 2022.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 8 July 2020<\/span><br \/>\n\u2018Erasure in Late Antiquity\u2019, The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network, Conference Strand (4 sessions) at IMC Leeds 2020 (University of Leeds), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University), Becca Grose (University of Reading), Dr. Rebecca Usherwood (TCD), Guy Walker (TCD). Cancelled due to COVID-19, rescheduled to IMC 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 25 November 2019<\/span><br \/>\n\u2018The Citizen in Late Antiquity\u2019, The Postgraduate and Early Career Late Antiquity Network &amp; NWO VICI Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages, International Conference, Utrecht University, Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University) &amp; Thomas Langley (Peterhouse, Cambridge University)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Organized Lectures and Keynotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 12 November 2020<\/span><br \/>\nProf. Irene van Renswoude (University of Amsterdam, KNAW Huygens ING), \u2018Erasure: an effective form of censorship? Editing contested content in Late Antique and Early Medieval Manuscripts\u2019, 2nd keynote lecture for the PG&amp;EC LAN \u2018Erasure in Late Antiquity\u2019 International Workshop, Trinity College Dublin (digital: Zoom), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University), Becca Grose (University of Reading), Dr. Rebecca Usherwood (TCD),<br \/>\nGuy Walker (TCD). Rescheduled to 25 February 2021<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 12 November 2020<\/span><br \/>\nProf. Mark Humphries (Swansea University), \u2018Erasure and Spectacle in Late Antiquity\u2019, keynote lecture for the PG&amp;EC LAN \u2018Erasure in Late Antiquity\u2019 International Workshop, Trinity College Dublin (digital: Zoom), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University), Becca Grose (University of Reading), Dr. Rebecca Usherwood (TCD), Guy Walker (TCD)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 26 November 2019<\/span><br \/>\nDr. Rebecca Usherwood (Trinity College Dublin), \u2018Constantine &amp; Crispus between modern myths and ancient monuments\u2019, Utrecht University, Afdeling: Ancient and Classical Studies, Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University) &amp; Dr. Saskia Stevens (Utrecht University)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 25 November 2019<\/span><br \/>\nProf. Engin Isin (Queen Mary University, London), \u2018Doing Good Deeds: Graeco-Roman (euergetism) and Ottoman (waqf) Benefaction as Acts of Citizenship\u2019, keynote lecture for \u2018The Citizen in Late Antiquity\u2019 conference (Utrecht) with response by Prof. Els Rose (Utrecht University), Organizers: Kay Boers (Utrecht University) &amp; Thomas Langley (Peterhouse, Cambridge)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u2014 forthcoming<\/span><br \/>\nKay Boers, Becca Grose, Rebecca Usherwood &amp; Guy Walker (eds.), Erasure in Late Antiquity. Series: Sylloge \u2013 Library of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, TRIVENT: Budapest (publication date: TBA)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kay Boers, &#8216;Liudprand of Cremona on the Magyars &#8211; \u201cNot quite straight fly the arrows from empty bows\u201d&#8217;, Medieval Warfare II.4 (2012).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kay Boers, Merel de Bruin-Van de Beek, Dr. Robert Flierman, Prof. Els Rose &amp; Dr. Megan Welton, \u2018De stad verworpen en verworven\u2019. Madoc. Tijdschrift voor de Middeleeuwen 18.33 (2019), pp. 82-92.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kay Boers University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology (ACASA) Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48 \/ R. D0.09 1012 CX Amsterdam The Netherlands k.boers@uva.nl Website Universiteit Utrecht Resumen de la tesis: CIVIS. Citizens, Authority and the Rhetoric of Wellbeing in 7th c. Hispania Current Position (Utrecht University) AIO Promovendus (Doctoral Researcher, 1 March 2018 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/teilnehmer\/kay-boers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abKay Boers\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P82TDz-47d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15823"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19658,"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15823\/revisions\/19658"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toletum-network.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}