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
Wager Building (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading
(OS: SU 7336 7159, W3W: ///herbs.clap.type, Lat,Long: 51.4385775,-0.9459335)
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
Saturday 8 August 2026
Reading Geological Society 50th Birthday Party
RGS Members and partners
Non Members Registration
Event Details
Monday 7 September 2026
Adventures in Volcanoland: from fuming volcanic vents to extinction events
Prof Tamsin Mather, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details
Monday 5 October 2026
Anatomy of a Jurassic Coastal Lagoon – bringing the past to life
Dr Matthew Wakefield, Lealt Stratigraphic Consultants Ltd
Event Details
Monday 2 November 2026
Past environments, past climates and impacts of major environmental change
Prof Stuart Robinson
Event Details
Monday 7 December 2026
Solving the Palaeozoic jigsaw, identifying Wilson cycles across the Variscan belt
Dr Duncan Macgregor, Reading Geological Society
Event Details
Monday 4 January 2027
Monday 1 February 2027
Mull Dyke Swarm
Prof Joe Cartwright, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details
Monday 1 March 2027
Monday 5 April 2027
Soft Bodied Sensations from the Herefordshire Lagerstätte, fleshing out Silurian marine life
Prof Derek Siveter, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Event Details