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Principal Cornish Speakers Nigel Pengelly
Cornish communications and keeping in touch with our cousins in the 21st century
In between spells of helping his father on the family
dairy farm, Nigel Pengelly has been engaged in media and journalism for more
than 20 years.
Sharron Schwartz
The Cornish in Latin America: 'Cousin Jack' and the New World
Sharron P. Schwartz is a native of Redruth and a history graduate of London University. She completed her PhD on Cornish migration to Latin America in 2003 at the University of Exeter.
She set up the Cornish Global Migration Programme to trace Cornish migrants worldwide at Redruth under the aegis of Exeter University where she became Research Fellow in Migration Studies. Sharron has a deep interest in metalliferous mining and migration, and was the documentary researcher for the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site, Cornwall Council.
She has published widely on mining communities and migration, including Lanner: A Cornish Mining Parish (1998), Voices of the Cornish Mining Landscape (2008), and Mining a Shared Heritage: Mexico’s Little Cornwall’ (2011). She is presently completing her latest book, The Cornish in Latin America: ‘Cousin Jack and the New World’.
Sharron now lives in Ireland with her partner and has advised the Irish Government on World Heritage issues, and worked on the Clonmacnoise Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site Bid. She is currently involved in an EU-funded bilateral project (Wales and Ireland) to promote and valorise the mining heritage of Glendalough and Glendasan in County Wicklow.
Other Speakers and their Topics
Saturday 9am- 10am
Speaker Topic
Dennis Goodland A relaxing talk on the river Fal and other things Sonia Reuter & Trina Madsen Cornish Cookery Demonstration Chris Dunkerley Explaining Gorsedh Kernow - with an Australian perspective
Saturday 11am-12noon
Speaker Topic
Viv Martin Oral History – Truth, Lies or the Shades Between Nigel Pengelly Cornish communications and keeping in touch with our cousins in the 21st century Sharron Schwartz The Cornish in Latin America: 'Cousin Jack' and the New World
12 noon-1pm Lunch
1pm-2pm
Bardic ceremony
2pm-3pm Afternoon Tea
6.30 for 7pm dinner at Worrigee House
Sunday 9am-10pm
Sunday Service conducted by Bill Phillips
10am-11am Morning Tea
Sunday 11am-12 noon
Speaker Topic
Shauna Hicks Tracing your mining ancestor Sharron Schwartz The Cornish in Latin America: 'Cousin Jack' and the New World Tom and Libby Luke Cornish involvement in the development of Australia
12 noon-1pm Lunch
Sunday 1pm-2pm
Speaker Topic
Nigel Pengelly Cornish communications and keeping in touch with our cousins in the 21st century Chris Dunkerley A land that is Cornwall - before history Julie Wheeler Famous and Infamous Cornish
Jewellery making with a Cornish flavour will be demonstrated throughout the breaks by Claire Gleeson
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