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SUMMARY:Picts in the North: The Conan Stone in Context
DESCRIPTION:The Scottish Society for Northern Studies, NOSAS, and The Pictish Arts Society are jointly organising a conference on 13-14 March focusing on the recent discovery and conservation of the Conan Stone, a Pictish cross slab that was discovered in Easter Ross, and which is now on display in Dingwall Museum.\nThis event will take place virtually using Zoom Webinar across the afternoons of Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th March.\nThe full conference programme is as follows (times in GMT):\nSaturday 13 March\n12.45-12.50 Log on/arrival\n12.50-13.00 Welcome remarks\n13.00-13.30 The discovery of the Conan Stone – a NOSAS video presentation by finder Anne MacInnes and film maker James McComas\n13.30-14.00 Graciela Ainsworth (Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation): Conserving the Conan Stone\n14.00-14.10 Break\n14.10-15.00 John Borland (Pictish Arts Society): Pictish Cross Slabs of Northern Scotland – the Conan Stone in context\n15.00-15.10 Break\n15.10-16.00 Dr Kelly Kilpatrick (University of Glasgow/University of Oxford): The Pictish Gods\n16.00-16.10 Break\n16.10-16.50 Discussion: Join Saturday’s speakers for a more informal discussion of their papers in a dedicated breakout space.\n16.50-17.30 Join us in the Conan Stone Arms for a chat to wrap up the day.\n \nSunday 14 March \n12.30-12.35 Log on/arrival\n12.35-12.45 Welcome remarks\n12.45-13.35 Hugh Levey: Towards Establishing the Rule Book of Pictish Symbol Usage\n13.35-13.45 Break\n13.45-14.35 Dr Sally Foster (University of Stirling): Admitting new voices – letting St John’s Cross and its replica speak\n14.35-14.55 Break\n14.55-15.35 Dr Eric Grant (NOSAS): Barrow loads of barrows: investigating a monumental Pictish cemetery at Tarradale\n15.35-16.25 Prof Gordon Noble (University of Aberdeen): Picts in the Highlands\n16.25-16.40 Break\n16.40-17.20 Discussion: Join Sunday’s speakers for a more informal discussion of their papers in a dedicated breakout space.\n17.20-18.00 Join us in the Conan Stone Arms as we wrap up the weekend.\n \n\n
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