From time to time, The DA arranges special events, symposia and day schools. These are open both to members and non-members but normally require that participants pre-book. Details of forthcoming special events and admission prices are given below together with information about how to book a ticket. Click here for past events.

Forthcoming Events

Free WELCOME TO DEVON afternoon for newcomers to the County
Saturday 4th April 2009
County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter.
1.00pm - 5.30pm
Advance booking essential.

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Anthony Beard
The President's Symposium
Telling the Dartmoor Story
Saturday 25 April 2009
County Hall, Exeter 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

This is the fourth in our highly popular series of Symposia and this year, in Telling the Dartmoor Story, we focus on the splendid natural history, archaeology, farming, communities, and music of the Moor. It is sure to be an event with very wide appeal. Hosted by our President - the wonderful Tony Beard - it promises to be a highly enjoyable, entertaining and memorable day (tickets: £20 include morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea)

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Past Events

Wednesday 10 September 2008, 10.30 am - 4.00 pmm
Escot House, near Ottery St Mary
History Section Social Day: The Rise and Fall of a Country Estate; The history of a Devon Family and the Estate

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President's Symposium

Justin Leigh
The President's Symposium
Devon's Media in 2008 & Beyond

Saturday 26 April 2008
County Hall, Exeter

President's Symposium

Anthony Gibson
What Farming Means To Devon
Past, Present and Future

Saturday 28 April 2007
St Loye's College, Exeter

Seven Presentations from the President's Symposium::

Women's Study Day

Crime against Women and Children in Devon

How common is crime against women and children in Devon? Who commits such crimes? What do the police do? What role is played by Women's Aid? What support exists for the victims? What are the psychological effects on women and children? What are the effects on women at their work or their place of study? What help can the trade unions provide? How do the courts deal with cases? What are the provisions of the law in these cases? How do lawyers fit their clients' cases within the framework of the law and the court environment?

Speakers

Dr Freda Gardner (consultant psychiatrist)
Stephen Jones (barrister)
Sally kingdom (police detective constable)
Janettje Longyear (Southwest regional TUC)
Chris Pearson (Women's Aid)
Her Honour Judge Miranda Robertshaw

Saturday 18 November 2006: 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Great Moor House, Bittern Road (off Honiton Road), Exeter

President's Symposium
'A celebration of the Coast of Devon'

Saturday, 13 May, 2006, 10 am until 5 pm
St Loye's College, Topsham Road, Exeter

Professor Malcolm Hart of the University of Plymouth, President of The Devonshire Association, invites you to attend the 2006 Presidential Symposium on 'A celebration of the Coast of Devon'

Speakers will include:

Dominic Acland - Torbay - a candidate Geopark.
Michael Benton - Triassic reptiles of the S.E. Devon coastline.
Malcolm Davies - Re-creating saltmarsh on the Exe Estuary.
Chris Davis - The Lundy Marine Reserve.
Malcolm Hart - Sediments, fossils and the ancient River Tamar.
Albert Knott - The Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs NNR.
Samantha Lavender - Plymouth Sound and River Tamar.
John Longworth-Krafft - Shifting shores: Living with a changing coastline.
Richard Scrivener - Geology of the Devon Coast.
Peter Sims - The development of Dawlish Warren.

Abstracts of the Papers presented at the President's Symposium

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