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Assoc Prof Liz Boase

BAppSci (Speech and Hearing), BD(Honours), PhD

HDR Supervisor Course Advisor

Associate Professor Liz Boase is the Dean of the School of Graduate Research and a biblical scholar. She commenced in her role as the inaugural Dean of the School of Graduate Research in February 2020, having previously worked as Academic Dean at Adelaide College of Divinity, and within Flinders University and Uniting College. She is a senior academic leader in the University with responsibility for the higher degree by research and minor thesis programs, including oversight of students and supervisors, and the delivery of programs which support successful completion.

Liz completed her PhD in 2003, which was published by T&T Clark. She has published regularly since this time. She has been program chair and member of steering committees within the Society of Biblical Literature, and is a regular peer reviewer for a number of international publications. Recently she became general editor for a new series on trauma hermeneutics with Sheffield Phoenix Press. She presents at academic conferences on a regular basis and is an experienced supervisor.

Prior to commencing in her role as Dean of the SGR, Liz taught a range of biblical units including introductory and upper-level exegetical units, along with units in bible and popular culture and biblical hermeneutics.

Liz is a regular presenter of bible studies within a range of church contexts, particularly with the Uniting Church. She is, at times, also invited to preach.

University Appointments

  • School of Graduate Research
    Dean, School of Graduate Research
    School of Graduate Research

Teaching disciplines

Research Thesis; Biblical Studies; Old Testament

Research areas

Hebrew Bible, Lamentations, Jeremiah, Trauma Hermeneutics, Biblical Hermeneutics, Bakhtin and the Bible, Ecological Hermeneutics

Recent Publications

All publications
2022 Multiple Layers: Insights into the Development of a Trauma Narrative in Lamentations and Jeremiah
2021 Engaging Westermann and the Assumptive World
2021 Jeremiah in Lamentations
2021 Chaos and Order: Lamentations and Deuteronomy as Responses to Destruction and Exile
2019 Misplaced Bodies: The Interpenetration of Body and Place in Jeremiah

External Affiliations

  • Fellowship of Biblical Studies (Member)
  • Journal of Biblical Literature (Editorial Board)
  • Sheffield Phoenix Press (General Editor, Trauma Readings Series)
  • Society of Biblical Literature (Member)
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