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.
RGS Explore Weekend 2025
Book your tickets for this year's RGS Explore Weekend. Connect with leading explorers and field practitioners, and learn everything you need to make your expedition a success.
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Richard Dawkins – DNA and the evolution of life
Join Richard Dawkins for a ground-breaking exploration of the power of DNA and what it can reveal about the deepest patterns of evolution.
Zen in the art of geography
The RGS Neville Shulman Challenge Award was created 25 years ago to support ambitious expeditions. Neville Shulman CBE, explorer and writer, will explain his philosophy behind the programme. The 2023 recipients of the Award, Karolina Gawonicz and Michal Lukaszewicz will give a richly illustrated account of their 60-day unsupported canoe expedition across the Barren Lands of Canada.
Monday night lecture supper - 27 October
Stay for supper at the Society on 27 October after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
Postgraduate insights webinar: making the most of your supervisor
Come along to this interactive one hour webinar to learn tips and techniques for managing your relationship with your PhD supervisor.
University geography society networking
This event is a great opportunity to meet other students who are actively involved in running geography societies at their universities. You’ll hear short presentations from our different teams, outlining the work we do to promote student engagement with geography and to strengthen the links between societies nationwide.
Canoeing 1,000 miles across the Barren Lands
During their 60-day long unsupported canoe crossing that straddles over 1,000 miles, the expedition filmed local fauna as well as their own proceedings to produce a documentary highlighting the importance of preservation of these lands in their natural state.
Omani frankincense from antiquity to innovation
Explore the captivating story of Oman's iconic frankincense trees at the 8th Oman Natural Heritage Lecture (ONHL), brought to you by The British Omani Society with the kind support of Amouage
Challenging maps and exploration symposium
Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration. Event sponsored by the Sunderland Collection.
Inclusive fieldwork and expeditions seminar: race and disability
This seminar, facilitated by Equal Adventure, introduces the inclusion of disability and race in expeditions and fieldwork. It is designed for field leaders who want to develop a more inclusive approach to their expedition and fieldwork practice.
Sustainable polar science for a changing climate
In this event, we will explore emerging sustainable technologies we can use to monitor and predict environmental change in polar regions.
A history of polar exploration in 50 objects - Stamford
Writer, biographer and researcher Anne Strathie shares stories of objects from key periods in polar exploration history, from Cook’s circumnavigations in the 1770s to the aviation age of the early 1930s.
RGS Explore Weekend 2025
Book your tickets for this year's RGS Explore Weekend. Connect with leading explorers and field practitioners, and learn everything you need to make your expedition a success.