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 4 December 2023
Experimental Taphonomy: Unravelling the Burgess Shale
Dr Nic Minter, Portsmouth University
Non Members Registration
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AGM and Members Evening - Talk by Jeremy Krause on South Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire field meeting
Jeremy Krause, RGS
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Monday 5 February 2024
Maps, mountains and madness – Charles Lapworth and the Highland Controversy
Prof. Paul Smith, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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Presidential Address
Prof. Alison MacLeod , University of Reading
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Mountains in the Sea
Prof. Tony Watts, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
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Applications of Google Street View in geological teaching and research
Dr Ian Watkinson, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Melting Under Mountains
the soft centre of the Himalayas
Dr Tom Argles, The Open University
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Ramble to Cookham Dean and Bisham Woods
Lesley Dunlop
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This event will have an alternative venue/time see details.
Ramble
Sarah Cook and Mike Jones
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This event will have an alternative venue/time see details.
Monday 2 September 2024
Construction in Jurassic-aged Mudstones for the HS2 Railway
Dr Kevin Briggs, Bath University
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A Hot Topic! : The Geology Supporting Geothermal Energy
Dr Duncan Macgregor, Macgeology
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Adventures in Martian deep time
tales from the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers
Prof. Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College, London
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Scotland's Greatest Ice Age
The Neoproterozoic Port Askaig glaciation
Prof. Ian Fairchild, University of Birmingham
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