Dr Hannah O'Regan presents an overview of the new collaborative AHRC-funded project "Box Office Bears (BOB): animal baiting in early modern England." as oart of Our Shared Human Past seminar series.  

BOB combines archaeology, theatre history, animal studies, ancient DNA, and much more, to tell the stories of the animals as well as the people who were involved in this practice from ~AD 1500-1700. 

Find out more on the project website: http://www.boxofficebears.com/

The seminar series is designed to give a general introduction to a topic, and this film was part of a double-bill with Dr Alex Mullen speaking on the 'Latin Now' Project. This is a recorded seminar, so there may be occasional glitches with the sound or film.