Winter Programme 2024-2025
The presentations will usually be available through the Zoom app. If you wish to use this app, please contact the Secretary for access details.
2024
Wednesday October 9th
Gold exploration and development in the United Kingdom
Dr Tim Colman
Wednesday October 23rd
Rowan Whittle
Wednesday November 13th
Earl Ferrers’ Lead Mine, Dimminsdale: History, Geology and Minerals
Dr Frank Ince
Wednesday November 27th
Volcano-ice interactions in Iceland and Chile (tbc)
Dr Dave McGarvie
Wednesday December 11th
The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: Soft-bodied Virtual Fossils from a Silurian Volcanic Ash
Professor David J Siveter (School of Geography, Geology & the Environment, University of Leicester)
2025
Wednesday January 8th
Remote sensing of Earthquakes
Dr Ekbal Hussein
Wednesday January 22nd
The Anthropocene and its deep time geological context
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester)
Wednesday February 12th
Geothermal Energy
Dr Chris Rochelle
Wednesday February 26th
Are Dinosaurs Warm or Cold Blooded? (tbc)
Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza (Royal Society Newton International Fellow, University College London)
Wednesday March 12th
Bologna Stone: A Curious Tale of Persistent Photoluminescence
Dr Frank Ince
Monday March 24th - The Joint Meeting with the Parent Body of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society
Dr Steve Etches
Wednesday March 26th
Annual Meeting