Conference Program
Bear and human – facets of a multilayered relationship (Oct. 16th to Oct. 18th 2019, Orsa Predator Park, Dalarna, Sweden)
October 15th 2019: arrival
Evening: social get-together and
ice-breaking
October 16th 2019: conference day (day 1)
09.00-09.15:
Olof Sundqvist, Alexandra Pesch & Oliver Grimm, Conference opening
Section 1:
Bear biology and ethology; recent bear populations
09.15-09.45: Kenneth Ekvall, About the history of Swedish predator parks and the role of
Brown Bears
Brown Bears
09.45-10.15: Andreas Zedrosser, Biology and ethology of
bears
10.15-10.45: Michael Schneider, Recent bear populations in Scandinavia
10.45-11.15:
coffee/tea break
Section
2: Archaeozoological long-term studies
11.15-11.45: Ola Magnell: Bear and human in the long
term (Sweden)
11.45-12.15: Ulrich Schmölcke, Bear and human in the
long term (southwestern coastline of the
Baltic sea)
12.15-14.00:
lunch break
Section 3:
Archaeo(zoo)logical, focused analysis
14.00-14.30: Karl-Johan Lindholm & John Ljungkvist, Bear remains in first
millennium AD burials from
Sweden
14.30-15.00: Oliver Grimm, Bear skin burials revisited
(first millennium AD; northern Europe)
15.00-15.30:
coffee/tea break
Section 3
(continuing)
15.30-16.00: Ola Magnell, Frösön in Jämtland, Northern
Sweden: testimony of bear cult? (late
first millennium AD)
16.00-17.00:
Olof Sundqvist, Alexandra Pesch & Oliver Grimm, Look back on the day & discussion
October 17th 2019: conference (day 2)
October 17th 2019: conference (day 2)
Section 4:
Finnish case study
9.00-09.30: Kristiiina Mannermaa, Bear and human in
the long term (Finland)
09.30-10.00: Tuija Kirkinen, Wild animal skins in Iron
Age and Medieval graves (eastern Fennoscandia)
10.00-10.30:
coffee/tea break
Section 4
(continuing)
10.30-11.00: Marja-Liina Keinänen, The bear in Finnish
religion and folklore
11.00-11.30:
Olof Sundqvist, Alexandra Pesch & Oliver Grimm, Look back on the morning & discussion
11.30-13.00:
lunch break
Afternoon:
study trip to the predator park
October 18th 2019: conference (day 3)
Section
5: History of religion
09.00-09.30: Olof Sundqvist, The role of the bear in
ancient Scandinavian religion
Section 6:
Literary Studies
09.30-10.00: Agneta Ney, The role of bears in Old
Norse Literature
10.00-10.30: Karin Dirke, In the eye of the bear; 19th
century narratives of bear encounters
10.30-11.00:
coffee/tea break
Section 6
(continuing)
11.00-11.30: Claudia Lindén, Bears, religion and
animal rights in Selma Lagerlöf`s work
11.30-13.00:
lunch break
Section 7: Image science; archaeology and art
history
13.00-13.30: Daniel Groß, Bear figurines from the
southern coastline of the Baltic Sea
(Mesolithic;
10.000-4.000 BC) and northern European rock art (Mesolithic and younger)
13.30-14.00: Sigmund Oehrl, Figurative depictions of bears in Scandinavian art during the first millennium
AD
14.00-14.30: Coffee Break
Section 7 (continuing)
14.30-15.00: Åsa Ahrland, The role of bears in Swedish
art history (yet to be specified)
15.00-15.30: Vera Henkelmann, Bear depictions on
hunting horns and courtly love caskets – human-animal
relationships in Europe´s late Middle Ages
15.30-16.30:
Olof Sundqvist, Alexandra Pesch & Oliver Grimm, Conference summary & discussion
October 19th 2019
day of departure
day of departure
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