Michail Boytsov is Head of the Center for Medieval Studies and Professor of History at the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University in Moscow.

His research focuses on the history of the West Middle Ages, especially on the Late Middle Ages of the German Empire. Further, he specializes in questions of the constitutional history and symbolic communication.

Michail Boytsov is a Visting Fellow at CAS in July 2016 following the invitation of Prof. Dr. Claudia Märtl.