ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY WITH IBG

SELECTION OF EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER

1 November, 6.30pm–7.45pm Panel discussion (In-person, London, and online) The art of exploration

Join our panel of environmental scientists, conservationists, explorers and journalers as they discuss how exploring, studying and drawing what they observe deepens their connection to, and inspires conservation of, the natural world.

■ Venue: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

Tickets: £12 (in-person) or £6 (online); RGS-IBG members: £10 (in-person) or £5 (online) geog.gr/ArtExploration

4 and 5 November Symposium (In-person, London) Explore 2023: The expedition and fieldwork symposium

Get ready to embark on your own expedition or fieldwork project by attending the Society’s annual flagship expedition and planning weekend.

■ Venue: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

Tickets: From £75; discounts for RGS-IBG members www.rgs.org/explore

2 November, 7pm–8pm Panel discussion and film screening (In-person, London) Overcoming adversity through adventure

Three men who suffered life-changing spinal-cord injuries attempted to become the first unsupported, alldisabled team to cross Europe’s biggest ice cap, Vatnajökull, to demonstrate how people can overcome the challenges of a catastrophic injury through adventure. ■ Venue: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR

Tickets: £12; RGS-IBG members: £10 geog.gr/OvercomingAdversity

9 November, 7.15pm–8.30pm Lecture (In-person, York) Between hostile environments and hospitable homes: Britain’s contentious geographies of refuge

Dr Jonathan Darling explores the spatial politics of asylum as expressed in the UK’s system of housing and support for asylum seekers and refugees.

■ Venue: Bootham School, York,

YO30 7BU

Tickets: Free, open to all geog.gr/JonathanDarling

2, 3, 13 and 16 November Lecture (In-person, various locations) Wounded Tigris: A river journey through the cradle of civilisation

A source-to-sea journey along the Tigris investigating the environmental and geopolitical challenges that threaten the future of this once-great river.

■ Venue: Various in Belfast, London, King’s Lynn and Stamford

Tickets: See individual listings for prices geog.gr/TigrisJourney

14 November, 6pm–7.30pm Lecture (In-person, Bangor, and online) Lakes: The sentinels of climate change

Using historical and modelled laketemperature data, Dr Iestyn Woolway reveals exactly how much seasons have shifted around the world.

■ Venue: Main Arts Lecture Theatre,

Top College, Bangor University,

LL57 2DG

Tickets: Free, open to all geog.gr/Sentinels