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.
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How can we manage the impact of mass tourism?
Join Dr Hugues Seraphin thought-provoking talk on overtourism, exploring its global impacts and sustainable solutions. Discover how mindful travel choices can protect cultures, communities, and fragile environments.
Gertrude Bell: an enduring legacy
This lecture celebrates the joint project between Newcastle University and the RGS to digitise original negatives taken by Gertrude Bell during her journey to Ha’il.
Jan Morris & Venice: "The dream of it"
Kirker's annual spring lecture in aid of Venice in Peril will be given by Jan Morris's official biographer biographer, Sara Wheeler.
5x15: art experts on the art that changed them
In this art-focused 5x15, five leading cultural figures will each deliver a 15-minute talk on an artwork that holds particular significance for them.
The oldest Briton to scale Mount Everest
Join the South West committee for their annual forum and lunch.
Darwin and the ascent of women
This talk will reflect on how Darwin’s theories related to and impacted on women. It will also highlight how both literally and metaphorically, Darwin contributed to the ascent of women as scientists, explorers and citizens.
Mountains and witches: the journal kept by Sybille Noel
Jan Faull explores Sybille Noel's journal which offers a rare, behind-the-scenes perspective of the 1924 Everest expedition.
Who speaks for nature? - Professor Lee White with Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Professor Lee White, scientist, conservationist, minister, raised with an orphan chimpanzee brother, will share insights about the importance and preservation of the Congo Basin rainforests.
Lessons from the ice: what it means to be a scientist in 2026
Dr Heïdi Sevestre explores bold science, resilience, and the urgent responsibility of scientists today to engage, communicate, and inspire collective climate action.
Monday night lecture supper - 1 June
Stay for supper at the Society on 1 June after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
The rebirth of Cornish mining: a white-gold rush for Britain's green future
An exploration of the relationship between lithium and Cornwall through ethnography, intersection of literatures concerning place-making, marginality, and critical geopolitics.
RGS Presents: The Future of Exploration with Bruce Parry
Join us for the first live episode featuring Bruce Parry. Explore Podcast Live brings explorers to the Society’s stage for an evening of stories, insight and conversation, looking ahead to the future of exploration on our planet and beyond.