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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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Lessons from the wild: nothing grows in the comfort zone - Anna Dimitriadis
Growing up, Anna, a wildlife filmmaker, believed she had missed the age of exploration. However, the further she travelled, the more she realised the greatest mysteries lay somewhere entirely unexpected.
The Battle of Isandlwana (The day of the dead moon)
Douglas Rattray presents a powerful and immersive account of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the most dramatic and devastating encounters of the Anglo-Zulu War.
The UNESCO Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak: now, then and the future
The Gunung Mulu National Park, through 13 years of service under three respective Park Managers, witnessing change, challenges and growth.
Lost, found and followed: remarkable tales from tracking wild animals
Biologist Lucy Hawkes reveals how cutting-edge animal tracking technology is transforming our understanding of some of the planet’s most exciting wild animals.
Sustainable aviation: reducing the climate impact
Delivering net zero aviation by 2050 is one of the most complex challenges we face in the fight against climate change. Dr Andy Jefferson offers an insightful way forward.
The spice ports: mapping the origins of global sea trade
People may think of 'globalism' as a recent development, but Nicholas Nugent, will show that this is not a new phenomenon. This wide ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists' views to tell the story.
Moving mountains: intrepid women climbers and the peaks named in their honour
Join Rosemary Brown for a Be Inspired afternoon lecture to hear about nine extraordinary women mountaineers from the 18th century until present day.
The Missing Lynx Project: the return of lynx to England?
Dr Deborah Brady will explore the feasibility of returning lynx to a habitat patch in northern England and southern Scotland through a reintroduction in Northumberland.
40 years of polar expeditions - what I have learned
Norwegian polar explorer Børge Ousland, will be speaking about his polar expeditions over the last 40 years, including his IceLegacy project, and the crossing of the North pole in the dark.
Monday night lecture supper - 9 November
Stay for supper at the Society on 9 November after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
Global Governance: an A Level journey
The North West regional committee's annual schools lecture by Professor Emma Mawdsley.
To Lhasa and beyond: Thomas Manning and the making of early British sinology
This Be Inspired talk by Dr Edward Weech reassesses Thomas Manning’s distinctive place in the early history of British Sinology.