Cornish Story will hold its inaugural conference at the Rescorla Centre on Saturday 19th October fron 11 until 4. There will be a series of wide-ranging presentation on topics like archaeology, history, music and storytelling. Speakers include Bob Keys, Laura Miucci and Garry Tregidga. To register for this event please email G.H.Tregidga@exeter.ac.uk
Cornish Story 2024 Conference
Rescorla Centre
Saturday 19th October 2024
11.00-11.30: Bob Keys, ‘The discovery of “Folklore” and its relation to ‘historic’ Identities; International perspectives and Cornish contributions to a number of movements and “Revivals”’
11.30-12.00: Richard Pearce, ‘Horizons of Cornish Identity’
12.00-12.30: Ben Dobson, ‘Cornish Stories from Crantock’
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Nigel Nethersole and Garry Tregidga, ‘Hymnys: Music and Stories from Cornwall’s Chapel Culture’
14.00-14.30: Helen Luther, ‘Picrous goes Overseas’
14.30-15.00: Grace Wilshaw-Chanter, ‘An Helghor Hender: “I’ll tell you a tale an’you’ve patience to hear en…”’
15.00-15.30: TBC, ‘Imagining the Celtic Lands’
15.30-16.00: Laura Miucci, ‘An Overview of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Cornwall’