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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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School Member lecture: The element of surprise - why hazards become disasters, despite our experience
School and Student Members are invited to come along to this lecture, by Dr Martin Parham, who will discuss why hazards can become disasters, even in locations where they are common. This event is being held exclusively for the Society's School and Student Members only.
Silk Roads: ancient and modern
Drawing from his experience of travelling sections of the Silk Road, Eric Woods reflects on this famous network of trade routes and what it will become as the belt and road initiative.
Predicting the ocean: a view from the Menai Strait
Britain is surrounded by ocean. But how does it function? Here Professor Tom Rippeth will examine how, over the past 2 millennia, we have pieced together nature's clues to better understand it.
Discarded: how will today’s artefacts form part of our future fossil record
How long will the artefacts of human activity last? What might their potential fossil record look like, and how will they form over time?
How to save the city: a guide for emergency action
Paul Chatterton explores aiming for a car-free and post-carbon city, involving ecological and government change.
Climate change and the global ‘wildfire crisis’
Professor Stefan Doerr will talk about the increase in wildfires and the recent media interactions regarding Donald Trump’s comments on the causes of wildfires in the USA.
Debt trap nation: family homelessness in a failing state
Across England, one of the wealthiest yet most unequal nations in the world, families are being trapped in debt and homelessness. The lecture by Professor Katherine Brickell and Professor Melanie Nowicki will take audience members inside these issues.
A history of polar exploration in 50 objects - Southampton
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.
Adventure in the Andes: the life cycle biodiversity bike ride
Cumbrian resident Kate Rawles cycled the length of South America following the spine of the Andes – the longest mountain chain in the world.
Helping nature to become resilient to climate change
As conditions get rapidly warmer, Andy Lester explores how we can create a climate-resilient landscape.
Children's lecture: secrets of the Unknown Adventurer
Follow in the footsteps of the renowned Unknown Adventurer on a thrilling journey into jungles, oceans, mountains and hidden worlds! Discover wild stories and sketchbook secrets and after the talk, enjoy squash, biscuits and fun activities, including exploring our giant floor map!
Monday night lecture with the Rt Hon the Baroness May of Maidenhead
Former Prime Minister and geography graduate, Baroness May, will be giving the closing lecture of the autumn series.