President’s Symposium, May 2026
The subject of our 2026 Symposium was The People of Devon and Their Identity: From Palaeolithic Roots to Tourism Hosted by our 2025–26 President, Nick Powe on Saturday 9 May 2026 at Torquay Museum,...
Category: Symposia
Details of our annual symposia, hosted by the incumbent president
President’s Symposium, May 2025
The subject of our 2025 Symposium is Celebrating Devon’s World-Class Heritage Hosted by our 2024-25 President, Simon Timms, it was held on Saturday 10 May 2025 at Petroc College, Tiverton. About Devon’s World-Class Heritage...
President’s Symposium, May 2024
The subject of our 2024 Symposium is Colour and Form: Unique Insights into Devon’s Art and Practice Hosted by our 2023-24 President, Jenny Pery, it was held on Saturday 11 May 2024 at Petroc...
President’s Symposium, May 2023
The subject of our 2023 Symposium is Devon’s Ceramic Heritage Hosted by our 2022-23 President, Professor John Mather, it was held on Saturday 13 May 2023 at Petroc College, Tiverton. A ceramics industry, based...
President’s Symposium, May 2022
The subject of our 2022 Symposium is Devon in 2050 Hosted by our 2021-22 President, Dr Robin Wootton PhD, FLS, Hon. FRES, it was held on Saturday 14 May 2022 at Petroc College, Tiverton....
President’s Symposium, October 2020
Valuing and Restoring Nature. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic we were unable to hold the 2020 symposium in the normal format, but it went ahead in a “virtual” form. It was curated by Clare...
President’s Symposium, October 2019
The subject of our 2019 symposium was Exeter Cathedral. Held at Petroc College, Tiverton on Saturday 5 October, it was hosted by our 2019–20 President John Allan. Nowadays, after many generations of study, the...
President’s Symposium, October 2018
Back to the Future: the Social Landscape of Devon Held at Petroc College, Tiverton on Saturday 6 October, and hosted by our 2018–19 President Dame Suzi Leather. As stated in the leaflet that was...
President’s Symposium, October 2017
The Making of the Devon Landscape Held on 14 October, hosted by our 2017-18 President, David Fursdon MA FRICS FRAgS, Lord Lieutenant of Devon. As the population of the UK, and indeed Devon, grows...
President’s Symposium, October 2016
Historians, their Manuscripts, and the Creation of History. On 1 October, a sell-out audience flocked to Petroc College,Tiverton, for Dr Todd Gray’s Presidential Symposium entitled Historians, their manuscripts and the creation of history. The event...