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
AGM and Members Evening – Talk by Jim House
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
Monday 3 March 2025
Monday 7 April 2025
Mesolithic Archaeology and environment history in the Kennet Valley
Prof. Martin Bell , University of Reading
Event Details
Monday 12 May 2025
Dinosaur Trackway Excavation
Dr Emma Nicholls, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Monday 2 June 2025
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction- the terrestrial story
Prof. John Marshall, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
Event Details
Monday 7 July 2025
Summer Ramble
Monday 4 August 2025
Summer Ramble
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Monday 6 October 2025
Antarctica
Mark Easton
Monday 3 November 2025
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