Excerpts of a study regarding the treaty of Nöteborg and the east-west division of Finland (12.8.2023)To celebrate the 700th anniversary of the treaty of Nöteborg the BEDLAN project has published some interesting excerpts (in Finnish)…
Treaty of Nöteborg and the east-west division of Finland discussed in Turun Sanomat (12.8.2023)Turun Sanomat published an article discussing the 700th anniversary of the treaty of Nöteborg and the research regarding the treaty….
Yle interviews the directors of the new Human Diversity project (28.4.2023)Yle interviewed the director Virpi Lummaa and the vice directors Päivi Onkamo and Outi Vesakoski of the new Human Diversity…
Outstanding Journal Article reward to “A Woman with a sword?” (8.3.2023)Research Committee of The Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, has awarded “A Woman with a Sword?…
Ancient DNA sheds light on medieval language exchange in the Volga-Oka river region (9.1.2023)There are more than a hundred ethnic minorities living on the territory of present-day Russia, speaking at least a hundred…
The Suontaka burial is an example of the flexibility of gender roles in early Middle Age Finland (16.7.2021)In 1968 at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, Finland, a bronze-handle sword was found buried next to a deceased dressed in feminine clothes….