What's on
Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.
Everest 24
This exhibition will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition during which Man Bahadur and Lance-Naik Shamsherpun tragically died and George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared pushing for the summit.
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Shackleton's Legacy Exhibition
To mark the centenary of Shackleton’s death, a new exhibition, Shackleton’s legacy and the power of early Antarctic photography, is avaliable to view at the The Shipwreck Treasure Museum.
Everest 24
This exhibition will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition during which Man Bahadur and Lance-Naik Shamsherpun tragically died and George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared pushing for the summit.
Everest 24 anniversary platinum prints
Join us to view the latest Mount Everest platinum prints created to coincide with this year's anniversary.
The resilience of Canada’s First Nation communities to climate change
Annette Salles explores how in Canada Indigenous knowledge and Western research combine to inform and support culturally appropriate adaptations to future climate change.
Geopolitical conflict
Join us for an evening where Sir John Sawers in conversation with Nicholas Crane will discuss geopolitical conflict in the context of climate change, great power rivalry and a constrained United Nations.
The Shackleton 150 convention and gala dinner
The biennial conference of the Sir Ernest H Shackleton Appreciation Society will be held at the Society this May marking 150 years since Shackleton’s birth.
Shackleton’s Carpenter - one-man show
Join us for a special performance of Malcolm Rennie’s one-man show, Shackleton’s Carpenter. If you have tickets for the Shackleton conference, you do not need to book for the show as your conference ticket allows entry to this.
Precision in place-names: the problem of orthography at the Royal Geographical Society
Beth will explore how the Society tackled the question of how to spell place names in the late 19th century, highlighting the fundamental tensions between institutional authority and individual expertise.
Can geographers save the world?
How can geospatial data be used to put the world’s most vulnerable populations and habitats on the map so that we can save them?
Everest 24 exhibition tour
Join us for a tour of the exhibition with the curator and Vanessa O’Brien.
Guided walk: Westacre Estate
Fraser Bradbury will provide a guided visit of Westacre Estate, exploring the the most beautiful parts of the estate, the grasslands, river and woodlands.
Mallory and Irvine mystery 100 years on
Join Dr Wade Davis, Leo Houlding, Julie Summers and Graham Hoyland to discuss Mallory and Irvine’s much debated attempt to summit Everest on 8 June 1924. This event is organised by Himalayan Trust UK.