The Immigration of Cornish Miners to Latin America and the Lives They Created There
Sun, Nov 17
|Zoom (details below)
Sharron Schwartz will be presenting "The Immigration of Cornish Miners to Latin America and the Lives They Created There." This talk will include research on the Cornish in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.
Time & Location
Nov 17, 2024, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Zoom (details below)
Guests
About the event
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86576081458?pwd=27YKAObFFSJ4WA2CGRyy6MhszcSQ1m.1
Meeting ID: 865 7608 1458
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Her website (https://www.cousinjacksworld.com/sharron-schwartz/) states that Sharron is a specialist in Cornish mining migration and is a historian and award-winning author who was born and bred in Redruth, Cornwall. She has her PhD in Cornish Mining Migration from the University of Exeter. She is a specialist in Cornish mining migration, transnational communities and the Cornish Diaspora. Both sides of her family tree migrated to mining areas worldwide during 'Cornwall's Great Migration.' She grew up hearing their stories.
Sharron was instrumental in setting up the Cornish-Mexican Cultural Society and has raised awareness of the historic links between Cornwall and the State of Hidalgo, Mexico.
Over the last 20 years, Sharron has participated in, or provided consultancy to numerous heritage projects. These range from community-based ventures to UNESCO World Heritage Site applications on behalf of a national government department.