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
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading.
Use Car Park 8 (OS: SU 7336 7159, W3W: ///herbs.clap.type, Lat,Long: 51.4385775,-0.9459335)
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.
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
Monday 7 October 2024
A Hot Topic! : The Geology Supporting Geothermal Energy
Dr Duncan Macgregor, Macgeology
Non Members Registration
Event Details
Monday 4 November 2024
Adventures in Martian deep time
tales from the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers
Prof. Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College, London
Event Details
Monday 2 December 2024
Scotland's Greatest Ice Age
The Neoproterozoic Port Askaig glaciation
Prof. Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham
Event Details
AGM and Members Evening
Monday 3 February 2025
The caves and karst of North Greenland - physical records of cryptic geological intervals
Prof. Paul Smith, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Event Details
Presidential Address
Prof. Alison MacLeod , University of Reading
Monday 7 April 2025
Mesolithic Archaeology and environment history in the Kennet Valley
Prof. Martin Bell , University of Reading
Event Details
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Summer Ramble
Summer Ramble
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Antarctica
Mark Easton
La Palma Volcanics
Prof Dougal Jerram
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