Lectures

Lectures are open to all and there is no charge for admission. However regular in person attendees are expected to be members of the society.
Lectures are usually held as detailed below

Time:
7:45pm for 8:00pm

Venue: 
Sorby Room
Wager Building (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading
Parking: 
Car Park 8
(OS: SU 7336 7159, W3W: ///herbs.clap.type, Lat,Long: 51.4385775,-0.9459335)
Online: 
Via Zoom: Members are sent the joining link by email.
Non-members wishing to join a zoom lecture can request this using the registration link when shown. Requests should always be made before 6pm on the previous day.

Check each lecture for actual venue.


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Forthcoming Lectures

All the forthcoming lectures for this year are listed below. If available posters for these lectures can be found via the poster link. Where an abstract is available a details link will be shown.
To see a list of past lectures click the button.
Lecture Archive

2026-11Monday 2 November 2026

Geological perspective on climate change; from our local rocks to the IPCC

Prof Stuart Robinson,  Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Non Members Registration
Event Details

2026-12Monday 7 December 2026

Adventures in Volcanoland: from fuming volcanic vents to extinction events

Prof Tamsin Mather,  Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details

2027-01Monday 4 January 2027

AGM and Members’ Evening


Event Details

2027-02Monday 1 February 2027

Mull Dyke Swarm

Prof Joe Cartwright,  Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details

2027-03Monday 1 March 2027

Presidential Address

Dr Stuart Black,  University of Reading
Event Details

2027-04Monday 5 April 2027

Soft Bodied Sensations from the Herefordshire Lagerstätte, fleshing out Silurian marine life

Prof Derek Siveter,  Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details

Monday 10 May 2027

tba


Monday 7 June 2027

Great Geologists

Mike Simmons,  Halliburton