After an extended break, I am back with some exciting news: I have not one, not two, but four talks now planned as part of the project....

At the end of last year I fell hard down the rabbit hole that is possible bear-related place-names. I decided for this blog to look again...

For the blog this week I decided to take a look at different types of writing about bears in northern contexts. What I absolutely love...

Place-names can offer a vibrant glimpse into relationships between animals and humans. While a few weeks ago I was focussed on the...

The name of the bear in Old Norse (often björn), is derived from the Germanic *beran- m., which means "the brown one". This is often...

This week I've been continuing with my general research into everything bear, and especially bearskins. Bears and bearskins hold a wide...

Place names are another source of evidence for human-bear relationships. One of the chapters in Bear and Human: Facets of a Multi-Layered...

Reviewing the presence of animals in law is always a fascinating experience. Laws tell us so much about how communities work, how they...

A database, with every mention of bears in Old Norse textual sources. This is the aim. Indeed, as part of the project, I have already...

Those of you in the know will already be aware of this fantastic volume from Brepols that has just been published: Bear and Human: Facets...

Relationships between humans and bears are well attested in the archaeological record of northern Europe. Viewed as a whole, the physical...

Welcome to the project! Bears and bearskins in the medieval North: Human-bear relationships at the intersection between Old Norse...