Project Summaries and Indexes - Kottys Projeta
Hi there! We will be loading project summaries for both completed and operational projects in due course. Please let us know if you have a project that is not presently shown on the ICS main web site so we can add your project summary here. In addition to any separate web sites that projects and programmes may have, there are three main places to go for project information. We will be providing a search function in due course, so watch this space!
ICS @ exeter.ac.uk
You can find many existing project summaries filed under the thematic headings at: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/ics/.
Youtube
There is a great deal of both useful and interesting material on the ICS YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@insituteofcornishstudies9290
More topical information such as events and news may be found at the ICS' Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cornishstory
projects.exeter.ac.uk
An older list of projects, some of which relate to Cornish Studies at https://projects.exeter.ac.uk/.
Current Programmes and Principal Web Sites
The Institute publishes much of its material by means of programme web sites. This list is growing continually. Current projects include:
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http://cornishstory.com/ |
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http://cornishdemocracy.net/ |
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https://cornishmaritimechurches.co.uk/ |
Journal Submissions - Recevansys a'n Jornal
As an academic network, we encourage our members to submit papers and book reviews for publication. These may be published in the Institute's house journal "Cornish Studies", in specialist editions, for example "Cornish Democracy", or, in future on more specialist online journals that we hope to publish in due course.
Being involved in this process is highly beneficial to both aspiring and established academics, as being a reviewer, editor, or author boosts academic credentials and standing.
If you have an existing paper you would like to see published, have a working title or an idea for a paper, please contact us to discuss where it may best be published.
All papers are reviewed, the level for which depends on the target journal and audience. If you would like to be a reviewer or an editor, please contact us and tell us how you would like to be involved. Whilst it is helpful if you have previous experience this is not a requirement and training will be provided.
We use the industry standard Open Journal System (OJS) for publication, which includes easy to use tools for submission, review, editing, and publishing.
If you wish to get started ore just browse the Cornish Studies journal index, you can sign up here: https://cornishstudies.pub
The Institute of Cornish Studies: Exploring Cornwall’s Past, Present, and Future.
The Institute of Cornish Studies brings together academic research in and about Cornwall. We want to understand better the histories that make up this place, what Cornwall is like right now, and what kind of futures we can move towards. The cross-cutting themes under which our numerous projects are organised are: Cornish Democracy, Culture and Heritage, Environment and Health, Society and Economy, Cornish Language and Dialect, and The Cornish Overseas.
The Institute has operated over many decades, has produced dozens of journals and publications, many hundreds of academic papers and a large number of events, making a considerable contribution to the life and well-being of Cornwall and the Cornish. The Institute currently operates a number of units that are active in this endeavour.
About the Institute of Cornish Studies
The ICS was officially launched in 1971 as a unique collaborative venture between the then Cornwall County Council and the University of Exeter. At that time its Director, Charles Thomas, defined its field as:
‘The study of all aspects of man and his handiwork in the regional setting (Cornwall and Scilly), past, present and future. The development of society, industry and the landscape in our fast changing world is as much of concern … as the history of those vast topics in the recent and remote past.’
This led to a series of projects covering such subjects as archaeology, botany, oral history and place names. Its leadership changed again in 1991 with Philip Payton, a political scientist and historian, developing an interdisciplinary New Cornish Studies. This included a specific focus on modern Cornwall since the eighteenth century and a consideration of topics like migration, tourism and ethnic identity. The subsequent involvement of new members of staff from 1997 onwards, notably Amy Hale, Garry Tregidga and Bernard Deacon, led to an emphasis on New Celtic Studies, oral history and quantitative research respectively.
To read the research that the ICS was conducting at that time, check out the Cornish Studies Series or the seminal 1993 book, Cornwall Since the War. Do also look through the associated Cornish Story outreach programme, and keep an eye open for our annual conference and a related programme of lectures, seminars and workshops.
As you will see, the ICS is now returning to the breadth of vision set out by Charles Thomas. As we move towards the future and consider what we want that future to be, we feel that we need to embrace research from across the disciplines.
In addition to our four research themes, we are also interested in our global connections. As we all know, Cornish people have taken their skills all over the world, providing us with links to places such as the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. Our international trade goes back at least as far as the Bronze Age, and our heritage and traditions provide us with connections to neighbouring regions, particularly our Celtic cousins in Wales, Brittany, and Ireland. Moreover, the public nature and depth of our identity provides us with points of resonance with many other parts of Europe in particular, other rural areas, which are also calling for stronger representation in an often metropolitan policy environment.
We hope that you find many things to interest you within the Institute for Cornish Studies, and we look forward to you joining us on our journey as Cornwall moves through the 21st Century.
Garry and Joanie
Community Rules - Rewlys a'n Gemeneth
Welcome to the ICS network (ELVAN for short) at cornishstudies.institute, which provides resources for Cornish Studies researchers such as bios for researchers, and the project index. In future we are hoping to also provide a working area for new research fields and funding proposals. There are also links to useful external resources, which we hope you will find useful on your research journey, such as the index of published papers at cornishstudies.pub.
The usual University of Exeter code of conduct applies to this and related web sites. In summary:
- Please help support us by fostering a positive and collegiate manner.
- Please remember that the network is academic in nature, and both posts and comments must be made in a professional and good-natured manner.
- We foster inclusive debate and discussion, and seek to include all groups of society, not matter their origins, faith, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital or family status, disability, or language.
- In the unlikey event of any abuse to individuals or particular sections of society, the site owners will not hesitate to block or expel members.
- If you spot anything incorrect or that does not meet academic standards, please contact us and let us know.
Thank you.