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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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Explore Weekend 2026
Inspiration, expertise and new connections for anyone planning an expedition.
Explore 50: celebrating 50 years of inspiring exploration
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Explore and help shape the next 50 years of geographical exploration.
Explore 50: five decades of discovery
These short talks chart how exploration has changed, while highlighting the enduring values that unite it.
The spice ports: mapping the origins of global sea trade
People may think of 'globalism' as a recent development, but Nicholas Nugent, will show that this is not a new phenomenon. This wide ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists' views to tell the story.
Explore 50 dinner
Dine with members of the Explore community at our anniversary dinner.
Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today
Discover how exploration thrives today through Society-supported expeditions.
Moving mountains: intrepid women climbers and the peaks named in their honour
Join Rosemary Brown for a Be Inspired afternoon lecture to hear about nine extraordinary women mountaineers from the 18th century until present day.
The Missing Lynx Project: the return of lynx to England?
Dr Deborah Brady will explore the feasibility of returning lynx to a habitat patch in northern England and southern Scotland through a reintroduction in Northumberland.
PASANG: in the shadow of Everest film screening
PASANG: In the Shadow of Everest tells the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who on 22 April 1993 became the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest. Directed by Nancy Svendsen,
40 years of polar expeditions - what I have learnt
Norwegian polar explorer Børge Ousland, will be speaking about his polar expeditions over the last 40 years, including his IceLegacy project, and the crossing of the North pole in the dark.
Monday night lecture supper - 9 November
Stay for supper at the Society on 9 November after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
Sustainable Logistics live 2026
The only UK event dedicated to the decarbonisation of logistics activities across domestic and international supply chains.