The Federation and the Institute of Cornish Studies are pleased to announce the introduction of a new series of Cornish Studies Sessions to be run from the Rescorla Centre, near Penwithick, from February 2024.
If you’re interested in exploring the culture and history of Cornwall, then come along to the Rescorla Centre in 2024, which will be launching a new education programme of study workshops in association with the University of Exeter’s Institute of Cornish Studies and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.
Subjects covered include the Cornish language, folklore, history, literature, and music with individual sessions at 2.30pm providing a useful insight that can lead to further study opportunities in the future. The workshop sessions will be led by experienced teachers and course participants will receive a certificate from the Institute of Cornish Studies.
List of study days (click for more info):
17th February: Daphne Du Maurier and a Sense of Place
16th March: Knitting the Gansey
20th April: Cornwall and the British Documentary Film Movement
18th May: A Cornish Bestiary
15th June: Cornish Identity – what it is and what it does
20th July: Food in Cornish History
17th August: History of the Cornish Language 1600-2000
21st September: Cornish Traditional Costume
The cost of each session is £6. For further details and to register for the course at Rescorla please email G.H.Tregidga@exeter.ac.uk
Participants would also be welcome to attend the research and music sessions held at Rescorla in the morning and evening respectively on the third Saturday of each month to make it a stimulating day in the study and celebration of Cornish culture.