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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Fallen: an archival exhumation
Mick Conefrey, the author of Fallen, the new biography of George Mallory, talks about researching his Everest books and documentaries at the Society, and the crucial importance of archival research.
Chartered Geographer Assessor forum
Members of the Chartered Geographer Assessors Committees are invited to attend the forum.
What has been happening in Iceland?
Iceland has been in the news over the past few months because of another 'Icelandic eruption'. The one in 2010 caused travel chaos. What can we expect in the future?
Monday night lecture supper
Stay for supper at the Society after the Monday night lecture on 13 May and meet other members and their guests.
South West's annual forum, lecture and dinner
Join the South West committee for their annual lecture and dinner. The lecture will discuss four shipwrecks from the Erme Estuary.
TEAS - GeogEd Potluck
Join the Society's GeogEd Research Group for an evening of lively discussion, collaboration and community-building within the field of geography education.
Beavers in Dorset: Dorset Wildlife Trust's Beaver Project
In this presentation, Stephen Oliver will tell the fascinating story of how the beavers have settled into their Dorset home and explain how these unique mammals can play a vital role in river ecology and nature-based solutions to flooding, pollution and species loss.
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.
Coastal change and shoreline management planning: lessons for coastal governance
Join us for a panel discussion featuring six professionals working to address coastal change, sponsored by the RGS-IBG’s Coastal and Marine Research Group.