The society arranges a series of lecture meetings on geological/environmental topics in the winter months (October to March). The lectures,usually illustrated, are given by professional/academic geologists.
There is also an annual event when members have the opportunity to give short talks/demonstrations.
 Lectures are held at 7:30 pm in the Arthur Holmes lecture theatre, which is downstairs from the Porter's Lodge on the Science Laboratories site, South Rd., University of Durham.  They are followed by coffee or tea, to which all speakers are cordially invited.  The December and March meetings are followed by cheese and wine. The March meeting is preceded by the AGM, which lasts about 15 min.
In addition, members are invited to attend the weekly guest lectures of the Open University Geology Summer Schools which are held at Durham in July and August.

Professor Gillian Foulger, our Lecture Coordinator, has a website which gives details about the lectures, lecturers and their websites. To access it, click here.
She also has her own website which members might like to view: click here.

Some members may be surprised to note that we have changed from Friday evenings to Tuesday evenings for a trial period. The Committee decided that Tuesday evenings might encourage more members to attend. The venue and time are unchanged.

2009
October 20th Prof. Dean Presnall Univ. Texas (Dallas) & Carnegie Institution of Washington:  What is experimental igneous petrology?
November 17th  Dr. Michael Lim Univ. Durham: Coastal rock cliff erosion: where to draw the line? (based on research into rock cliff erosion on the North Yorkshire coast. Abstract of the lecture can be found on Gillian,s lecture website.)
December 15th:Dr. Steve Arnold Univ. Leeds:   Air pollution in the Arctic: where does it come from and why does it matter?
 2010
January 19th:  Dr. Richard Hobbs Univ. Durham:  Seismic Oceanography: New ways to look at water.
February 16th: Prof. Harry Pinkerton Univ. Lancaster:  Can remote sensing and geophysics provide us with all we need to know about active volcanoes? Is there no longer a need for detailed field observations, measurements and sampling? A case study based on 35 years on Etna.
March 16th  AGM 7.30pm followed by lecture at 7.45pm: Dr. Thorvaldur Thordarson Univ. Edinburgh:  Holocene volcanism in Iceland - eruption history, styles and magnitudes.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning wishes to advise members of geology courses: Address: Centre for Lifelong Learning, 2nd Floor, Bedson Building, Kings Road, Newcastle University Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.  Tel. 0191 5152800,  email lifelong.learning@sunderland.ac.uk   Some of the courses can be viewed by clicking here.   or contact Angela Wrae angela.rae@sunderland.ac.uk and/or Cecilia Holmes cecilia.holmes@sunderland.ac.uk

The Natural History Society of Northumbria also runs geology courses. Information about these can be found by clicking on their website: www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/  The NHS will be shortly advertising what should be a most interesting course, starting in January 2010, entitled "Investigating Geology: How Magma is formed, emplaced and the mineralogy and classification of the igneous rocks". It will be led by Dr. Ken Patterson. Meetings will be held in the council room at the Great North Museum, Hancock and will be held on Wednesday mornings, lasting 2 hours. The fees are £72 for the course, or £57 for over 60s. The course is 10 weeks long.
The NHS can also be reached by Email at NHSN@ncl.ac.uk.  The secretary is David Noble Rollin.

9th March 2002. The Sir Kingsley Dunham Meeting; organised by the Yorkshire Geol. Soc. Click here for more info.
23rd.- 26th. Aug. 2002. "Earth Alert Festival of Geology" a major event organised by the Geologists' Association. It included Exhibitions, Lectures Field Walks and Activities for all the family. For more details, Click here.