Aspects of the History of Geology in Scotland and the North of England
This meeting will comprise a day of presentations (Thursday 11th July) followed by a field day (Friday 12th) featuring a walking tour, taking in sites linked with the history of geology around the city, as well as Hutton’s Section on Salisbury Crags.
Aspects of the History of Coal and its Mining
Thursday 22nd November 2018 (including HOGG AGM 2018) Burlington House, Piccadilly, London Registration Details Please register your place here. Alternatively, you can download a booking form here. The topics to be presented relate to coal mining and its exploration. The meeting also marks the end of the Geological Society’s Coal Geology Group. The registration fee […]
Open Meeting
This year’s programme – a wide-ranging one that should have something to suit most people’s tastes – comprises twelve papers which range in topic from geological maps, through Antarctic exploration and geophysics to fossil vertebrates, early geological collections and the birth of plate tectonics. This promises to be an interesting and stimulating day.
The Society of Arts and the Encouragement of Mineralogy and Geology 1754-1900
The programme consists of nine papers illustrating the wide range of the Society of Arts’ influence on the earth sciences. This foray into a little known area of history of geology promises to be interesting day and alert you to new research possibilities.
The Geologists of Lyme Regis
This summer, Lyme Regis Museum opens its new extension, the Mary Anning Wing, and to mark the occasion HOGG is holding a weekend meeting based at the museum to discuss the remarkable contribution made by geologists associated with Lyme Regis.
A Commemorative Meeting to Celebrate the Life and Work of Robert F. Symes OBE, 1939-2016
This one-day meeting has been convened under the auspices of Geological Society and History of Geology Group (HOGG) inassociation with the Geologists’ Association, The Ussher Society, The Russell Society and The Harrow and Hillingdon Geological Society.
Past Meeting: Military Aspects of Engineering Geology: Past and Present
A whole-day meeting at the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, is being convened under the auspices of the Society’s ‘History of Geology’ and ‘Engineering’ Groups, potentially also the Institution of Royal Engineers.
Past Meeting: March 2016: 'Behind the Scenes' visit to the Natural History Museum
e-mail enquiries/expressions of interest to cduffin@blueyonder.co.uk. Registration closes on March 7th.
European Oil & Gas Industry History conference
The focus of the conference will be to examine the history and heritage of the oil industry from the earliest onshore drilling (and digging) to its development into the industry that we know today.
Past Meeting: October 2015: Visit to the Eyles Collection, Bristol, and lecture by John Grotzinger
As part of the ongoing William Smith bicentenary celebrations, HOGG will visit the Eyles Collection in the Arts & Social Sciences Library, University of Bristol, which houses one of the best collections of early geological material in the country – including many Smith maps and other related items.