11 September 2010

Conference to be held at Perth Concert Hall

£10/day / £15 for both days (concessions £7.50 / £10)

Bookings from www.horsecross.co.uk or 10738 621031

Programme

Friday, 10th September

´Before the Burgh: the first 15,000 years´ - David Strachan

´800 years under your feet - the archaeology of medieval Perth´ - Derek Hall

´War, famine and disease: Perth in the Middle Ages´ - Richard Oram

´Perth and the Parliaments 1300 - 1707´ - Alan R MacDonald

´Our town may not be ordered like other burghs: Perth in the era of the Reformation´ - Mary Verschuur

´Perth in the era of the Enlightenment´ - Christopher Whatley

Sunday:

´Perth on the map - a cartographic voyage through time´ - Chris Fleet

´The Englification of Perth´ - Charles McKean

´Benefactors of Perth´ - Rhoda Fothergill

´The History and Legacy of Arthur Bell & Sons´ - Alia Campbell

´Dewar´s Perth Whisky: the origin of a global brand´ - Jacqui Seargeant

´Risky Business: a history of General Accident´ - Susan Payne

´The Future for Perth´s Past´ - Roland Bean