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Partners & Advisors
Here you will find out about our project partners MOLA and learn about their work. Research projects also benefit from a steering group or advisory board of experts, drawn from diverse fields.
Our Partners:
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) is an experienced and innovative archaeology and built heritage practice. They have worked extensively on London’s Bankside, including sites where bearbaiting took place. Accordingly, they are a central partner for the project, whose expertise and resources will enable us to explore the zooarchaeology and palaeogenetics of animals in Shakespeare’s England.
Our Advisory Board
Meet the researchers offering helpful advice and input on some of the bigger questions arising from Box Office Bears.
- Prof. Sally-Beth McLean (Uni. of Toronto, REED Director of Research)
- Dr Erik Ersmark (Natural History Museum, Stockholm, bear aDNA)
- Prof. Tracey Hill (Bath Spa Uni., early modern literature and culture)
- Dr Ardern Hulme-Beaman (Liverpool Uni., dogs)
- Dr Harriet Pierpoint (Uni. of South Wales, criminologist)
- Prof. Nandini Das (Uni. of Oxford, Director of TIDE project)
- Dr Derek Ryan (Uni. of Kent, literature and animal studies)
- Dr Alixe Bovey (Courtauld Institute, early modern London and street-based performance)
- Calista Lucy (Dulwich College, Keeper of Archives)
- Dr Nicole Mennell (King’s London)
- Dr Holly Dugan (George Washington University, Washington DC, medieval human-animal studies)
- Heather Knight (MOLA, theatre archaeologist)