The Society's popular Monday night lecture series features renowned speakers discussing informative, educational and enlightening subjects.
The lectures are open to members and Fellows. On some occasions, members and Fellows are invited to bring one guest - please check the listings below or your Bulletin in advance.
- Booking is not required to attend Monday night lectures
- Seats are not reserved and are offered on a first come, first served basis
- Please show your Society membership card on arrival
- For lectures open to members plus one guest, guests arriving separately should be met at the Exhibition Road entrance
- Doors open at 5.30pm
- Attendees are requested to take their seats in the Ondaatje Theatre by 6.20pm
- Lectures begin at 6.30pm, and end by 7.45pm
RGS-IBG members can watch recent Monday night lectures online at their convenience, by signing in to the members' only area.
Discovering Britain
Rita Gardner, Jenny Lunn and others
- Monday 28 May 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
With long summer days upon us, staff and Fellows from different parts of the country, talk passionately about the geographically-themed walks that they have created for the Society’s Discovering Britain project.
An African love story
Dame Daphne Sheldrick
- Monday 5 March 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
Dame Daphne Sheldrick talks about her amazing life in Kenya with late husband David Sheldrick, founder Warden of Tsavo National Park, and her pioneering conservation work, rearing and rehabilitating some of Kenya’s wild animals.
First Monday lecture of each month
Join the Younger Members’ Committee for an informal get together after the lecture and opportunity to meet other members in the Map Room.
Vanishing ecosystems
Andrew Church
- Monday 12 March 2012 at 6.30pm (members and one guest)
Eco systems provide us with natural resources but the cultural and health benefits of national parks and wildlife are often underappreciated. Andrew Church looks at the cultural value of the natural world.
Fire and the future of Amazonia
Jos Barlow
- Monday 19 March 2012 at 6.30pm (members and one guest)
A recipient of the Society’s Peter Fleming Award, Jos Barlow examines how wildfires drastically alter forest structure in the Amazon, and evaluates whether attempts there to limit the use of fire in agriculture are likely to succeed.
Madagascar’s spiny forest
Thomas Elmqvist
- Monday 26 March 2012 at 6.30pm (members and one guest)
Dry spiny forest in the southern part of this wonderful island is home to many endemic species, including the endearing ring tailed lemur. Thomas Elmqvist looks at loss and regeneration and the role of social institutions in this fascinating forest.
Chasing the devil
Tim Butcher
- Monday 2 April 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
Best-selling authorTim Butcher describes his recent 350 mile trek of discovery through Sierra Leone and Liberia along a trail blazed in 1935 by a whisky-sozzled Graham Greene.
This lecture is a repeat of the 7 February 2012 City lecture held at the Clothworkers’ Hall.
First Monday lecture of each month
Join the Younger Members’ Committee for an informal get together after the lecture and opportunity to meet other members in the Map Room.
Halfway House to Heaven
Bill Colegrave
- Monday 16 April 2012 at 6.30pm (members and one guest)
Bill Colegrave, Society Fellow, gives a vivid account of his visit to Afghanistan’sWakhan Corridor in the High Pamir to unravel the mystery of the true source of the majestic River Oxus.
A whale of a problem
Michel Andre
- Monday 23 April 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
Marine biologist, Michel Andre, talks about the detrimental effects of artificial noise on marine species such as whales and dolphins and discusses his latest studies to develop acoustic technologies for managing ocean noise pollution.
Where hornbills fly
Erik Jensen
- Monday 30 April 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
Erik Jensen lived with an Iban community in Sarawak – once infamous as the head-hunters of Borneo – during the 1960s. He recently revisited old friends and familiar places to see if and how they have survived nearly 50 years of change.
Cloud road – a journey through the Inca heartland
John Harrison
- Monday 14 May 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
An illustrated talk of a journey away from the Machu Picchu Trail, into the remote villages and forgotten people of the Inca heartland, a world little touched by this century or the last, with a mad donkey called Dapple. This lecture is repeated at our City branch on 15 May 2012.
First Monday lecture of each month
Join the Younger Members’ Committee for an informal get together after the lecture and opportunity to meet other members in the Map Room.
High Caucasus
Tom Parfitt
- Monday 21 May 2012 at 6.30pm (members only)
Tom Parfitt, the Moscow correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, describes his 1,000-mile walking expedition across Chechnya, Dagestan and other republics of the GreaterCaucasus mountain range in Russia, a journey supported by theSociety’s 2008 NevilleShulman Award.
This lecture is repeated at our City branch on 22 May 2012.
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