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What's on

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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Everest through the lens

Another chance to see the Society's exhibition marking the centenary of the early Everest expeditions. Explore how Captain John Noel's films shaped the public's imagination of Everest, while obscuring the vital role of local intermediaries.

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Social

New members’ welcome tour

Recent joiners are warmly invited to join us at the Society in London to discover more about the history of the Society, who we are today and how to make the most of their membership.

Lecture

A nation of map addicts

Britain takes its maps very seriously indeed. Mike, author of the bestselling classic, Map addict, takes us on a tour of our finest, favourite and oddest cartography.

Webinar

Supporting geography candidates with university applications

In this session, we’ll explore some of the timelines and approaches you can take to help your A Level Geographers make great choices, become great candidates and prepare them really well for top quality university applications to read Geography and similar disciplines at university.

Webinar

Geography in practice: the foundations of a digital twin

The Society and Ordnance Survey are collaborating on a webinar series focusing on digital twins. This session focuses on the foundations of a digital twin.

Webinar

Jobs outside of academia

This webinar will delve into the exciting journey of transitioning from postgraduate research to thriving in different sectors beyond academia.

Cancelled

Behaviour management in the Geography classroom

Please be advised this event has been cancelled and we are no longer taking bookings. We apologise for the inconvenience.

£35.00 - £45.00
Conference

Urban Geography Research Group online conference: urban borders, boundaries and liminality

The RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group online conference, Urban Borders, Boundaries and Liminality, aims to understand the relationship between borders, boundaries, liminality, and the city. 

Lecture

Heatwaves: the silent killer

Heat is by far the leading cause of deaths from extreme weather and climate events in Europe in recent decades. Join us to find out why, and how we can mitigate its effects.

Lecture

Rewilding: what does it mean for how we understand nature?

As a movement that promises not only to restore nature but to reintroduce wildness to Britain, rewilding has become the latest buzzword in conservation circles. But what are the implications for how we conceive wildness, and does rewilding really challenge our traditionally managerial approach to nature?

£0.00 - £5.00
Guided walk

Everest through the lens: exhibition tour

Join the Society’s Photographic Curator, Jamie Owen FRGS, for a glass of wine and a private tour of the Society’s exhibition 'Everest through the lens' and a deeper dive in to the first British expeditions to Mount Everest between 1921 and 1924.

Lecture

Land smart

How can we fit people, food, nature, houses, carbon, trees, solar panels, roads, flood-waters and warehouses on one small island? Land smart for the latest on the race for space on earth.

Monday night supper

Monday night lecture supper - 10 February

Stay for supper on 10 February at the Society after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.

£42.00 - £42.00