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...
Category: Symposia
Details of our annual symposia, hosted by the incumbent president
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...
President’s Symposium, April 2016
Science Meets Art – Aspects of 175 Years of Photography in Devon. Tom Greeves’s Symposium was held at Petroc College, Tiverton, on 9 April 2016. In addition to an excellent array of speakers, the...
President’s Symposium, April 2015
Devon’s Potential Energy Budget — 2030 The topics of recent Presidents’ Symposia have generally sounded ‘comfortable’ – seaside, churches, the inspiration of Devon, wildlife and health. Chris Cornford’s 2015 Symposium, held at the Mint...
President’s Symposium, April 2014
Devon – Wild Wealth and Human Health. A major benefit of the DA’s uniquely eclectic approach has always been the range of special expertise in its Presidents and hence, in recent years, of the...
President’s Symposium, April 2013
The Inspiration of Devon. The outstandingly successful 2013 presidential symposium was conceived by The Reverend Peter Beacham OBE. Over 150 delegates attended the event at the Mint Methodist Church Centre in Exeter on Saturday...
President’s Symposium, April 2012
Devon churches and their history ‘They go from strength to strength’ is the one-liner on DA symposiums from this year’s Symposium, held on 14 April. A team of leading scholars in their fields, headed...